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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [19v] (43/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 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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RIVER ROUTES
THE TIGRIS
EOUTE III G
DIARBEKE—MOS0L (388i m.)
AuthoritiesMilitary Report on E.T.A., vol. iii, Koute 99 (to JezIret-ibn-'Omar,
report of a journey by raft in April 1903 : from Jeziret to Mosul, report of
a journey by raft in October 1892). Report of a journey by raft from
Diarbekr to Jeziret in June 1907. D. Fraser, Short Gut to India (Journey
of 1908).
The Tigris over this portion of its course is only navigable by
JceleJcs (rafts) floated downstream. Because of this fact the upstream
itinerary followed in previous volumes is departed from for this
section of the river, and an account is given of its navigation and
other features downstream from Diarbekr to Mosul.
At Diarbekr the Tigris spreads out to some extent on entering the
small level tract opposite that town, and in seasons of flood attains
a width of 250-300 yds. The country through which it flows
immediately after leaving Diarbekr is a stretch of mud hills and
stony desert, the mud banks being the haunt of hosts of water-birds.
The snow-capped mountains of Kurdistan are just visible on the
horizon, with low undulating land extending towards them. The
Tigris flows here in wide curves. The banks are thinly peopled, and
the country about them only partially cultivated, but there are rich
pasture grounds occasionally resorted to by nomad tribes. The
mud banks at times give way to steep rocky sides, in the walls of
which are often found rock-tombs. Here and there the narrow bed
of the river widens over flats of sandstone. Sheep, goats, cattle, and
buffaloes are seen on the banks or in the stream. Immediately
after its junction with the Batman Su the river becomes narrower
and deeper, and flows so rapidly through winding gorges that careful
steering is required to avoid rocks and whirlpools. Between Bediyeh
B
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
- Physical characteristics
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. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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