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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [128r] (260/530)
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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KOUTES 91, 92 a
251
There is cultivation at intervals along the route from Mosul to
Beled Sinjar and at the foot of the Toq hills, but supplies would
probably not be available in any considerable quantities. N. of the
Sinjar range the country is quite destitute of settled inhabitants and
cultivation up to about 10-12 m. from Nisibin. No nomad camps
are mentioned.
Water is generally fairly plentiful. There is very little on
Route (ii) from Mosul to Tel A'far. Beyond Tel A'far the plain
is watered by springs and by streams from the hills to the N.
Between Tel A'far and the - neighbourhood of Beled Sinjar (see
under m. 39) the water is somewhat sulphurous and brackish
though drinkable. N. of the Sinjar range water is to be had (at
least in winter and spring) from a number of streams, but it does
not appear to be very good. No information is available as to the
water-supply in this plain during the summer and autumn.
Apparently some grazing is to be found in winter on the plains
between Mosul and Tel A'far, and between the Sinjar hills and
Nisibin, and it is probably abundant in spring on these sections of
the route.
Fuel is apparently lacking except in parts of the Sinjar hills.
Miles from
Mosul
0
10
16
16*
18|
20
22
Mosul. From Mosul to Tel A'far there are two possible
routes.
(i) N orthern E oxjte
This route is passable for wheeled traffic. It leads over
flat or undulating country, and rises over spurs of the low
hills W. of Mosul, crossing a number of small ravines.
Hnmeidat village about 1-| m. N. of the road. The ridge
behind it runs close to the 1. bank of the Tigris.
Route crosses "
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Badosh, with some cultivation along
its banks.
Khan Lubgilleh ? (see note under m. 39). Route crosses
a small, flat plain called Ed-Daulaieh.
Khirbet ed-Daulaieh (Khirbet el-Baghleh ?), ruined
village.
Northern end of a long ridge called Jebel 'Atshaneh,
running in a SE. direction, is passed. Undulating
country.
A group of tels is passed.
To the S. lie two hills called £1 Mujelinat, about 1^ m.
apart, one directly S. of the other.
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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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