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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [206v] (417/530)
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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408
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Adiaman
13
m
15
16i
17|
18i
194
19|
204
20|
23
24
24|
25i
29^
30
32?
Cross stream; ascend. Direction NE. (40°).
Direction NE. by E. (60°).
Village (Mazel ?) 10 min, to 1. Eidges to r., about 40 min.
distant.
Small stream flowing S.
Village on high ground to r. about 30 min. away.
Thence over rocky rise running NE.
Kamelii village 10 min. to 1.
Small stream flowing S.
Head of a depression to r., running SW.
Cross another depression running to that mentioned above.
Bibo village.
Stream flowing SW.
Stream flowing W.
Then descend into valley of the Kiakhta Su (or of the
Bolam Su, a tributary of the Kiakhta). Direction
changes to NE. (40°).
Ascend valley.
Pass Tausu Koi on other side of valley.
Direction N. ; continue along valley.
Track lies in river-bed.
Cross Eoman bridge over the Kiakhta Su ; proceed NE.
(40°) out of valley.
Kiakhta. Descend, going 45°.
Cross the Kiakhta Su by a bridge. (Direction apparently
changes to somewhat S. of E.) Ascend the N. side of
a short ravine by a very steep and difficult road. The
Nimrud Dagh lies to NE.
Urik village.
From here there appear to be alternative tracks to Mishrakh.
(i) The northern route leads up the Urik valley for
about 1-| m. and thence E. across a rocky plateau and
NE. over some streams to Petirgo in the Gerger Chai
valley (about 7 m. from Urik). Mishrakh. lies about
2-I m. ESE. of Petirgo on the other side of the Gerger
Chai.
(ii) The southern route goes SE. to Qara Tut by a
hilly track (about 5 m. from Urik), and thence over
rolling ground, crossing several hollows and ravines.
The track works round to NE. about 2 m. beyond Qara
Tut and reaches Mishrakh. about 6-7 m. further on. It
is therefore about 2 m. longer than the northern route.
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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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