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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [360] (369/432)
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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360
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS
rate in their dealings among themselves. They are said to be more
interested in local than imperial politics.
Administration and Authorities. —Kirkuk and the surrounding
country is administered by Mutessarif under the Vali of Mosul. In
peace time it was the head-quarters of the 12th Division of the 6th
(Baghdad) Corps. The ordinary garrison was a battalion of infantry
and a large detachment of infantry mounted on mules.
There is a Persian Consul (in 1909 a Kirmanshah Kurd).
History. —Kirkuk, in recent years an important Turkish ad
ministrative centre, is an ancient city. It is fairly certain that the
town goes back far beyond Seleucid times, though nothing seems to
be known about its early history.
« Three tombs shown to visitors are said to be those of Daniel,
Shadrach, and Meshech, and there was also one, now lost, of
Abednego. The place was one of the most important sees of the
Eastern Church, and figures largely in its martyrology. Outside the
town is a mound called Tamazgerd which was generally the scene of
martyrdom. It was acquired after the great persecution of Shapur II
in the fourth century, and takes its name from Tamazgerd, the
stimulator of the persecution in the reign of Yezdigird I, who is said
to have turned Christian at the sight of the endurance of the martyrs.
About 100 years ago the place was devastated by plague, which
carried olf most of the educated community and consequently
destroyed many local traditions.
KOI SANJAQ, about T 90 m. ESE. of Mosul, between Erbil and
the Persian frontier. 1,200 houses. T.L,
Routes—
(i) To Erbil. (See Boute 42.)
(ii) To Kaniyeb.. (See Route 40.)
(iii) To Snleimaniyeh.. (See 39.)
(iv) To Rowanduz. (See Bo 44 b.)
General Description, —The town lies in a kind of basin about 3 m.
across, bounded on N. and E. by low hills. On the N. is a knoll with
a ruined masonry fort 250 yds. square with towers at the corners.
A report of 1904 states that it was used as a barracks. The town is
less squalid thain Suleimaniyeh, and has a few^good houses.
There are good places for camping in the neighbourhood.
Supplies and Commerce. —There is good water from a large stream
and springs to the N. Corn and tobacco are exported down the
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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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