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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [40v] (85/530)
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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76
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Raniyeh.
149i
1531
1591
16<U
162-|
1631
Pass Fort Murad c Ali.
Cross somewhat large stream, Qasidagh, pass numerous
villages and cross many water-cuts, keeping hill-spurs
2 m. to 1. and passing through well-cultivated country
with numerous gardens.
Pass through Gok Tepeh valley.
Spurs approach the road from the 1.
About here cross dry, gravelly bed of the Shehr Chai, with
bridge a little lower down.
The Urmia plain is intersected by irrigation canals, lined
with shady fruit trees. Castor oil plant is largely grown
for fuel ; wheat, maize, vegetables and fruits are plentiful
and tobacco flourishes. Big buffalo-carts are largely used
in the country, and strings of laden donkeys are to be
met with near Urmia. The last mile of the road is very
muddy in wet weather.
Urmia.
EOUTE 60 b
EANIYEH—EL-WATAN (86 m.)
Via See Desht
Authority ; — Routes in Persia, vol. ii. Route 107, Alternative (A.) (report of 1902).
Miles from
Raniyeh.
o
481
50|
Raniyeh. See vol. iii. Route 41, for first 48^ m.
Ser Desht.
Besides the route described below, there is said to be a path over
the mountains along the r. bank of the Lesser Zab, which leads
in 8 hrs. from Ser Desht to El-Watan.
Leaving Ser Desht go N. through the village and across the
plateau. Across the valley to the 1. (NW.) is Sheo
Ibrahima, about 1^ m. distant. Descend by a lane
10 to 12 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep in mud to the ravine
running down on the W. side of the Ser Desht terraces.
Cross the stream in this valley (alt. 4,825 ft.), and ascend
along the opposite side to 5,000 ft.; then descend a spur.
Pass a small village of Bairaji Kurds on r. ; alt. 4,600 ft.
Easy descent towards the Zab over a succession of terraces.
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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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