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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [34r] (72/530)
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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THE TIGRIS—EOUTE III G
63
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
1
2
1|
H
H
1
2
1 3
4
3
4
Bight Bank.
from it. The stream turns SSW., making a wider loop to
the W. Some high earth cliffs on the r. bank at the turn.
Hatuni, village of 20 houses, river 120 yds. broad. Slow-
current. A little below is a shingle ledge with 3 ft. of
water.
Another similar ledge, and then a slow deep reach.
Low cliffs ; slow deep reach.
Long shingle ledge, with 4 ft. of water.
Shingle ledge with 3 ft. of water.
Hassori, Arab village, 30 houses.
Wanna village, 30 houses.
Fort of Eski Mosul, ruins on a mound. It is of masonry
and about 150 yds. square, with towers at the corners.
A short way below is Eski Mosul village, with extensive
ruins.
Two shingle ledges with 2-|-3 ft. of water. Deepest
channel near the r. bank. After this emerge into a broad
reach, with low hills on r. bank.
Small rapid with 3 ft. of water.
Shingle ledge with 3 ft. of water.
Ghelaga village, 15 houses on a low mound.
Abu Sufeir, scattered settlement of 30 Arab tents and
booths of reeds.
Melons and cucumbers are grown and floated down to the
Mosul market in large nets or on
On both banks numerous low ridges and undulations.
Sakarra village, 20 houses, ^ m. from bank, some millet
fields.
Rapid of shingle with 2 ft. 9 in. to 3 ft. of water next the
1. bank.
An easy rapid with 4 ft. of water.
Below Kifrij is a shingle island with deepest channel
near the 1. bank ; in this there is a small rapid.
Tel Astair village. Ferry ; one boat.
Pass some shingle islands, the channel next the r. bank
being deepest.
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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.
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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. 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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