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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [262] (271/432)
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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262
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Erbil
41
6
11
12
13
18
1H
19|
20|
21
Pass Hasan Khan, ^ m. to r., with a few houses near a
marshy pool from a hares.
Pass Sekeleka, 10 houses, ^ m. to r., partly in ruins.
Water from Imrez. A long, gradual ascent, nearing some
gravelly hills; beyond are the sharp ridges of the
Sefln Dagh.
Pass Qiz Hizan, a dozen huts, J m, to 1. on a stream.
Good firm track 30 ft. broad to
Pirush, 40 houses of Dizeih Kurds 2 m. to 1. at the foot
of outlying hills. Pass mouth of a with stream
3 ft. wide and 8 in. deep (October 1902). Enter gravelly
hills and follow a shingly stream-bed (dry October
1902). Near the harez is a suitable site for camping
troops. Supplies from Erbil and surrounding district.
Firewood from the Sefln Dagh.
Spring at the base of a low cliff. Easy broad track gradually
ascending.
Small stream in ravine which becomes lost in the shingle
\m. lower down.
Cross to 1. bank of stream. Several ravines on either hand.
Good grass in spring on these hills.
Eeach
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
. Open out view of Sefln Dagh and hills
NE. To the SE. gravelly undulations with no prominent
features. Keep along the broad ridge forming the water
shed SE. towards the Lesser Zab and NW. to the Bas-
toreh Chai. Sandstone ledges at intervals, but soil is
mostly conglomerate and gravel.
Road winds among low hills but remains broad and easy.
The Sefln Dagh lies nearly due N. ; a rocky ridge runs
NW. through which the Bastoreh Chai emerges by a wide
gap. At the mouth of the gap is Derbend, 20 houses,
2 m. distant in a fertile basin. Road bifurcates. A well-
beaten track goes through the gap to valleys on the
Sefln Dagh. Turn SE., rounding several narrow ravines.
Pass a ziyaret with group of oaks. Track more stony as the
main ridge is approached. Soil rich with a little cultiva
tion ; good grass in spring and summer.
Cross a stream.
Cross another stream ; nearly dry in October 1902,
Reach larger ravine in which is Ashqaf Saqqa, 40 houses
of Gardi Kurds, Just above the village are half a dozen
good springs, which are used to irrigate gardens below
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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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