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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [86r] (176/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ROUTES 76 b-78
167
Miles from
Nerzingl
going E-W., past the village of Fanamir to r. down
the valley. From here a small stream is followed to a
Pass (alt. 9,100 ft.), shut in by rocky slopes, which leads
across the Qara Hisar Dagli into the basin of the
Qotur Chai, flowing into Lake Urmia. From the ridge
the track is narrow and stony for a few hundred yards,
and a very steep descent through a narrow gorge to
a steep track down a slope to the Tup Chai, which is
crossed.
Setmanis (alt. 7,110 ft.). Near to the village is an old
castle, the stronghold of the Chief of the Shemseki
Kurds. A long, easy ascent is followed to the top of
watershed between the Tup Chai and the Qotur Chai,
and a narrow but fairly good track leads to the edge of
Chul Chemeu, a long grassy plain, mostly uncultivated, on
which some 400 families of Milan Kurds usually camp
in the summer. Across the Chul Chemen pass the Oil
man—Van road, on the N. (see 76 a at m. 69), and
theRazi—Van road (see Route 76b). Route is now px*ac-
ticable for carts.
Enghiz. Continue over the plain to
Serai, when route meets the Oilman—Khoi—Van road
{Boute 76 a, m. 79).
EOUTE 78
KHOSHAB—SERAI (29 m.)
Authority: — Military Report on E.T.A., vol. ii, Route 92 a (report of 1900). W.O.
Map (E. T. A.j sheet 20).
General direction, NE. This is an easy road, probably passable
for wheeled vehicles. It goes quite close to Silk Khaneh, and into the
Chul Chemen plain. The country passed through is used in the
spring and summer for grazing purposes by Kurds : it contains few
supplies and very little fuel. Together with the Razi—Van road
[Route 76 b) it enables the whole country to be traversed which
lies between the Chukh Dagh on the SE. and Lake Archag on
the NW.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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