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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [40r] (84/530)
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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ROUTE 60 a
76
Miles from
Raniyeli
131i
134i
1361
137i
138
1381
UOi
141|
142
1421
146
1461
village of Tasliaqli under some cliffs and crossing a
small stream.
A much-used road, easy for wheels, from Chianeh or Naghir-
deh along the lake shore through Dlzeh, joins route here.
Seshakhan, ^ m. to r. on the lake shore. Mud fort 300 yds.
to 1. Patches of cultivation. Bash Agal village.
Eeach margin of a wide extent of marsh which may be
covered by the waters of the lake.
Cross low ridge of a spur from 1., alt. 4,925 ft., and descend
from ridge soon turning Wj
An upper track branches off, and avoids Jairan (m. 142^,
below), going round it.
Dolameh. village to r.
Pass another Dolameh about 1 m. up valley to 1.
Mehki, m. to r.
Skirt edge of lake for 1 m. with gentle ascent up slopes of
hills coming down to its shores.
Bnzur Gabad. Continue generally NW. A range of low
hills close on 1. Wide flats stretching towards the lake,
and alternate patches of cultivation and swamp.
Cruldan on r. bank of a stream; through winding lanes,
much cultivation, and enclosed country. Cross low
spurs.
Ford the Derim Qal'ah Chai, a tepid stream, 10 yds. wide
and 1 ft. deep.
Over some open ground and through a few gardens to
Jairan. Lake Urmia is 2 m. E. and the hills about
the same distance W. of the village, which forms a kind
of southern limit to the gardens extending on this side
of Urmia.
Route now goes in general direction NW. to Urmia.
From Jairan road turns 1.
Cross the Barandiz Chai (Baran'u) by four-arched brick
bridge. Stream when not in flood is narrow, about
10 yds. wide and 3 ft. deep, with easy gravelly bottom
and just fordable, but volume of water is considerable.
Sardaru village.
Bizehtekeh, 250 houses. Beyond this, join for a short
distance to track from Ushnu to Urmia 60 c,
m. 56-|-75), which crosses easy cultivated country. Road
skirts stream.
Road turns off towards Fort Murad Ali.
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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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