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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [204v] (413/530)
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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404
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bamsat
8i
10
10i
Hi
13i
16i
16|
m
m
20|
22i
224
23i
24|
291
35
391
Lelia village. Direction changes to NE.
Pass Birik village. A track branches off here to the
1. passing through Qamushlu and Kokilk, small Kurdish
villages, and rejoining the present track at Kolik, m. 22^
below.
Descend, crossing several ravines. Pass Diata village.
Large valley 1^ to r.
Direction changes to NW.
Valley becomes narrower. Cross a small stream from the 1.
Cross a small stream from the r.
Several farms in broader part of the valley. Zig-zag ascent.
Pass Kevrik village. Direction changes to N.
Cross a stream running to the 1. Reach Dalasu village.
Track ascends.
Top of ascent.
Cross a stream running WSW.
Pass Qara Gol (Qara Koi ?) village. Near here a track
branches off to the r. to Gerger, crossing the Kiakhta Su
at a point where it divides into 3 channels and then
passing through several villages, over uplands covered with
much vegetation.
Cross an undulating depression.
Pass Sheikh Baba village.
Kolik village. Direction changes to NW.
Cross a water-courses. Direction changes to N.
Cross a water-course running SW.
Some low hills broken by ravines.
Qara Qush. Crazing here on meadows sloping toward
the Kiakhta Su.
Cross a Roman bridge over the Bolam Su, 112-ft. span,
56 ft. above mean water level.
Kiakhta, a strong police post and small garrison. The
houses are built close together on a platform beneath
a castle of great natural strength. The inhabitants are
mostly Kurds, with a few Armenians and Turkish
officials, and the place is the residence of a Kaimmakam.
N ote .—According to information of 1895 there is also an
easy mule-track from Samsat to Kiakhta up the r. bank
of the Euphrates, and then turning up the valley of the
Kiakhta Su. The country is open and easy and the
track though rough is passable for wheels. There is
some brushwood on the hills.
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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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