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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [269] (278/432)
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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EOUTES 43 a, b, 44 a
269
Miles from
Erbil
16
22
27
31
36
37
62?
Dera village. Oak copse begins to show on the hill-sides.
From here perpetual ascents and descents over wild,
stony country, with some deep ravines and numerous
streams. Oak scrub plentiful on the hills.
Cross bed of a large stream. Turn through a gorge in a
razor-backed range in front. Track difficult, among
boulders in the ravines along the foot of this range.
Keep NE., skirting a stream; the slopes become easier,
dotted with oaks.
Cross a col in the Baba Chichek Dagh (2,000 ft. ? or more),
which runs SE. for some distance, and descend through
oak copse and scrub.
Herash village, alt. 2,400 ft. ? Baba Chichek village is
4 m. W. over some hills.
Descend over easy downs, cross a stream from the Narib
Deslit, a long open valley to SE.
Begin gradual ascent, which becomes much steeper.
Zigzag ascent to 2,650 ft. Eeach comparatively level
country, with a little cultivation.
Sparse oak woods. Winding ascent along a valley, up a
steep hill-side for ^ m.
Kurrut village, alt. 3,200 ft. This appears to be identical
with Qarakhin in Boute 45 a (m. 74^), which is joined
in this neighbourhood (the exact point cannot be deter
mined).
(For the rest of the route to Rowanduz, see 45 a,
m. 74^-89^.)
Howanduz.
EOUTE 44 a
ROWANDUZ—RANIYEH (53^ m.)
Via The Bejan Pass and Balassan
Authority:— Military Report on E .T .A., vol. iii, Route 111 (report of 1902).
This route is not passable for wheels, except for the last 2-|- m.
into Eaniyeh. It is very difficult for pack-animals at the ascent to
and descent from the Bejan Pass (m. 8) and in the narrows of Keshan
Dereh (m. 30J and following).
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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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