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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [118v] (241/530)
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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232
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Mosul
62i
62i
Th® following is an account of the route Simel—Asi
according to the authority of 1903 (see above, m. 45i).
Miles from
Simel
o
6
H
9
10
lOij
12
16
Simel. Direction NW. to Kilzet.
River-bed, 80 yds. wide, banks 35 ft. high. In
early autumn, pools, with flow of 100 gallons
p.h. between them.
Kilzet, village, 1 m. to 1. Direction NNW.
Zerukani, village, 30 houses, f m. to 1.
Giresh, village, 40 houses, 2 m. to r. Spring.
Cross small stream, flowing from Giresh spring.
In early autumn only a few pools.
Barsipiki, village, 10 houses to 1.
Asi, to r.
The country is undulating and fertile, but little cultivated
(1888).
Spring alongside road, a few huts and trees (1888).
This seems to be the same as Terkejan, reported by
1903 authority as being a village of 15 houses, on r.,
with spring and pool on 1. Terkejan, however, is placed
6 m. from Asi.
Enter the Zakho pass. The account of the road to top of
this is very briefly described by the 1903 observer as
follows: ' The steep ascent begins N. by W., immediately
beyond Terkejan on the regular metalled cart-road
which, though not in good repair, is quite passable for
wheels.' A traveller in 1909 confirms this, saying that
the road is good. The length of the ascent is given
as 2 m.
The more detailed account of the 1888 observer, though
doubtless no longer applicable in detail, may still prove
serviceable. His instructions and times are as follows:
Ascend gradually in a northerly direction by a valley
300 to 400 yds. wide with steep, shelving slopes ; then
follow a mule road 12 ft. to 15 ft., paved in places, with
easy gradient, up the E. side of the rocky ravine. At
16 min. from the beginning of the ascent, the height
reached is 2,315 ft. The track averages 10 ft. to 12 ft.
wide, cleared of stones, with easy gradient. A few
bushes on the hill-sides. At 25 min. the altitude is
2,545 ft. At 30 min., for 100 yds., a paved 10-ft. track.
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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)
- 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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