'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [38v] (81/530)
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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72
LAND EOUTES
Miles f 2 om
Raniyeh
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46
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Cross the head-water of the Wazneh Su, now 15 yds. wide,
and only a few inches deep in December; from this point
it flows SE.
To the 1. is a plain called the Wazneh Yaila, alt. 1,000 ft, (?),
about 11 m. wide enclosed by hills with steep rocky
sides, having a narrow opening close to 1. of road,
through which flows the Wazneh Su. A track to
Ser Desht branches off to the r.
Road goes through a gap in the hills to the N. Stony path
winding among rounded, bare hills covered with
gavvan.
El-Watan (alt. 5,400 ft.), Kurdish village of about 50 houses,
on a mound in a fairly wide valley among hills, the
residence, in 1902, of Agha-i-Baizi, chief of the Mangur,
who claimed to be titular head of all the Bilbas Kurds.
There is one large barn, used as a guest-house and also
as a mosque. Few supplies and no barley obtainable.
The village is deserted in summer, when the inhabitants
go to Wazneh Yaila.
From El-Watan the general direction of the route to the
Lahjan plain is N., but it first leads NE.
Descend into the valley of the Lesser Zab, and pass
Ganrumar near the stream. An easy track along the
wooded spurs which jut down into the river, following
the r. bank until it opens into the Lahjan plain.
The chief difficulties here are the crossings of a number of
small tributaries which flow in deep beds cut out of the
soft soil, but these become easier as the plain is reached.
Forests of oak, mostly stunted. Track would require
improving in places for wheels.
Pass Tarldash. village, belonging to Baiz Agha of the
Mangur.
Pass Gullalin, the village of Bapir Agha of the Mangur.
Enter the Lahjan plain, of irregular shape, 20 m. long and
15 broad, abundantly watered.
General direction to Passova NE. Track over the Lahjan
plain is perfectly easy and open, passing several Kurdish
villages.
Kaplisan, large village, about here. Route from Rowanduz
[Route 61 d, m. 56J) joins here.
Ford a head-stream of the Lesser Zab and approach hills
to the N.
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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'.
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- 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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