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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [156] (165/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 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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156
Miles from
Baghdad
162
164
LAND EOUTES
down at times such a large and rapid volume of waW
that it has made for itself below Dahuk village a ) J
about 1 m. in breadth.
The Dahuk is the boundary between the territories of
the Da'udiyeh Kurds in the SE. and the Talabaniyeh in
the NE. The latter are accounted Seyyids (of the blood
of the Prophet), and are turbulent and predatory
Between the Dahuk Chai and Dahuk village are "several
water-channels, some of which are as much as 20 ft
deep and 20 ft. wide : all are crossed by palm-tree bridges
but these are not more than 4 ft. wide. '
Dahuk village. Just before entering the village there is
some high ground on the 1. on which stands the minaret
of an old mosque which has disappeared : the tower is a
conspicuous landmark.
The village contains about 200 houses. Water from the
the Dahuk Chai is good and plentiful. Grazing good:
fuel poor. Inhabitants were reported in 1873 to be
Turkomans: in 1905 there were more Shiahs than
Sunnis among them. A canal from Dahuk Chai runs
through the village. The place is the seat of a Mudir
with a zaptieh post. If m. NE. of Dahuk is the shrine
of Zain el-Abidin, with one large and three small white
domes and a few houses of Seyyids beside it. This shrine
is a conspicuous landmark.
From Dahuk a route, reported to be easy, leads over the low hills
in a NNE. direction to Iieilan about 25 m. distant. From Leilan
there is a track over the grassy plateau of the Makanjeh Dagh to
Chemchemal (about 24 m. NE. of Jjeilan). Here the high-road
from Kirkuk to Suleimaniyeh, which is accompanied by a T.L.,
is joined. See Route 37. The country between Dahuk and
Chemchemal is open, but contains numerous gravelly undulations
and ravines, and many small streams. Villages are few owing to
Kurdish raids.
For a shorter route from Dahuk to Kirkuk see m. 164|
below.
From Dahuk the route runs in a general direction NNW.
over rolling downs, accompanied by T.L. Track easy:
only slight repairs needed here and there for guns.
A considerable ridge is crossed. Villages 2-3 m. to SW.
of road, Tepeh (40 houses), Yangiyeh (60 houses) and
Abd el-Glianim (140 houses): all inhabited by Tala-
banlyeh. Dahuk lies behind, S. by E.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. 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. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
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This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed 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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