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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [260] (269/432)
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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LAND EOUTES
fertile valley opens to view below to the r. In this
valley is Beshlr, a large village through which the road
from Suleimaniyeh to the Pishder Plain passes.
Eoute winds by a narrow rocky path round the hill-side.
The Beshir Su is 700-800 ft. below in a narrow gorge.
Bounding the spur, the path goes NE., ascending the ravine
of Beshlr Su and still keeping above its r. bank.
Eakhlu, 30 houses, alt. 3,900 ft. Continue winding up
the ravine, general direction NE. Turn up valley to 1.
and commence a sharp ascent.
Beach plateau at 5,200 ft., cross it, and commence another
long and steep ascent. The sides of the mountains are
covered with oak. A little plateau is immediately below
the pass. On the r. is a spring.
Beach top of pass, 6,950 ft. In heavy snow a detour to the
r. is necessary from here. Even and gradual descent,
following a stream on the r. by difficult and winding path.
Kauamashka, village of Malkari Kurds, on 1.
The valley opens out, and there are small fields on both
sides.
Bevran, village of Malkari Kurds, 40 houses. Cross an
open valley, the slopes covered with terraced fields.
Hamlet of Beiraji Kurds, 40 houses. Ford stream. Bev-
ran-i-Ziru (Xiower Bevran) about ^ m. to r. on the other
side of the stream.
Leave the valley of the Bevran Su, which flows down a
ravine to the SE. Cross a couple of spurs and rise to
a flat plateau. This plateau is covered with ploughed
fields and crossed by a lane 8 ft. wide, almost impassable
in very wet weather owing to deep mud.
Track to Maraghan branches off to the r. over the hills.
Short rocky ascent to 5,700 ft., from which Ser Desht is to
be seen 1|- m. distant, surrounded on all sides except one
by hills, which slope down NE. towards the valley of the
Lesser Zab, a succession of fields and well-cultivated
terraces. Ser Desht is on the highest of these, separated
from the mountains on the NW. by a deep ravine.
Ser Desht, 350 houses, said to contain 2.000 inhabitants,
mostly Kurds, andafew Jewish and Armenian shopkeepers.
Two springs in the village give good and plentiful water.
There is some traffic between this place and Suj Bulaq,
the seat of the Persian governor (Hakim). Persian soldiers
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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