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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [272] (281/432)
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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272
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Rowan-
duz
42i
451
46|
47^
47|
48|
51
53^-
Betwata appears in sight, up a gorge due N. Residence
of Ahmed Bey, chief of the Pishghelli Kurds (1902).
Continue across the plain. Going easy, but stony.
Sari Cliawi, a Bilbass village. Residence of Mohammed
Agha of the Piran section (1902). Large spring just
before entering the village and from it a river flows SW.
across the plain to join the Khudran.
Eoad turns nearly S. to avoid outlying spurs.
Tilleh, village of Piran Kurds at foot of a mound on r.
Turn to 1. round spur.
Pass mouth of narrow valley running into the hills. In
it are a few hamlets of Ako Kurds.
Cross a bed of shingle and boulders ^ m. wide.
Stream 4 yds. wide, not everywhere fordable (November
1902), flowing down the middle of the bed.
Follow direction of a low range on 1. which juts out into
the Raniyeh Plain.
Turn to 1. and ascend slope towards a gap (alt. 2,125 ft.)
in the range. Here join the road across the plain from
Koi Sanjaq to Raniyeh. Rough undulating road,
unfenced and crossing fields, but fit for wheels.
Direction NE. by E.
Raniyeh.
EOUTE 44 b
ROWANDUZ—RANIYEH (53 m.)
Via K hata, with B ranch to K oi S anjaq
Authorities :—Lorimer, Report on a Tour in April-May
1910, from native information ; Hony, map of route, 1912.
This is said to be the easiest route between Rowanduz and
Raniyeh, and is apparently not liable to be blocked by snow like the
'more direct'(?) routes. The distances are very uncertain. It is not
clear how far this route differs from 44 a ; thus Sarwisaweh
may be identical with Sari Chawi (m. 45| above).
Miles from
Rowan-
duz
0
14
Kowaudnz (alt. 2.200 ft.). Cross Derbend c Ali Bey (alt.
5,800 ft. ?).
(7 hrs.) Beuawi.
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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.
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- 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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