'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [100v] (205/530)
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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196
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Jeziret-
ibn-
'Omar
591
60i
62
66|
66^
73
74^
76
78
79
here 120 yds. wide, and 5 ft. deep, with a rapid current
among boulders and shingle. On the 1. bank rises a cliff
above which is a sloping terrace f m. wide, topped by
a wall of rock 300 ft. to 400 ft, high. Oak scrub on the
slopes. The ascent is easy at first, then gets steeper, and
ends in short paved zigzags with a roadway of 10-12 ft.
or narrower at some points.
The top of the steepest part is reached (alt. 2,750 ft.) and an
easy clay track follows, going up a bare dry valley to
the N.
Aderius, ^ m. to the 1.
Eoad reaches head of ravine and enters Sairt.
From Sairt the T.L. to Bitlis strikes N., while the route
under description goes NW. along a projected
(1888) to Bitlis, the first 3 m. of which across the open
plain were well metalled, and practicable for wheels. The
telegraph line towards Diarbekr goes along the
which has probably been further improved of late years.
Descend by a stony track to the Keser Sn, 2| ft. deep
in September. It rises to 5 or 6 ft. in April or May.
Ford the stream. Here a track to Diarbekr by Sinan
branches off.
Pass Serpir on the r., near a ruined stone bridge. Cross
a fertile plain passing Keseri hamlet and Erbin village
(on the r.), and then skirting some low hills. Turn NE.
and follow a valley, in which is a small, brackish stream.
The valley leads towards the Bitlis Su, to which there
is a steep descent by a fair track. Pass Maclar on the r.
Pass Seriyan on the r. On the 1. bank of the river low
ground with cotton cultivation.
Ford the Bitlis Su. It is usually passable except in spring.
The track follows the r. bank, over sandy soil, and passing
a spring. On the 1. bank are high hills fairly wooded.
Sulha, a small Kurd hamlet. Here the road leaves the
river which comes down from a gorge to the NE. Ascend
a narrow valley, skirting in places a winding torrent bed
(dry in September).
Cross into another similar valley, with scattered oak and
hawthorn.
Gevri Giaour, a village to the r. The road then leads
across a hilly amphitheatre by a pass 300 yds. long to
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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'.
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- 1 volume (263 folios)
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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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