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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [53v] (111/530)
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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102
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Rowan-
duz
60i
61|
624
62|
64i
65i
Two strongly built forts, 60 yds. by 60 yds., now dis
mantled, in the village. Walls 4 ft. thick.
Vineyards on the slopes to 1. Some wheat and barley
cultivation.
Ascend low ridge with brushwood by a rough track over
sheets of rock in places.
Cross dry stream bed through a thicket of low shrubs near
Bari, 30 huts on a knoll. Water from surface wells.
Barley, wheat, and tobacco cultivation.
Hills ^ m. to r. covered with oaks and shrubs.
Valley narrow after Bari is passed.
QaVah. Hukher, square stone fort with corner towers, now
dismantled, in a strong position.
Track turns sharply N., entering a gorge in the range to r.
through Galashinea pass. An alternative pass goes by
Qal'ah Hukher, but is steeper and more difficult.
Pass a harez. Water bad. Alt. 1,650 ft.
Huqq, small village in a ravine behind a spur.
Another Icarez. Narrow stony track among small terraces.
Follow r. side of a V-shaped valley. Alt. 2,185 ft.
Another track, equally stony and difficult, leads to Amadiyeh more
directly over the Gelleh Polunja pass, without descending into the
river valley. It traverses a rugged, woody valley.
65|
66i
67
67i
68
The
Alt.
Track rises among terraces,
9 pools or wells, some open, others fenced round,
largest is about 30 ft. across ; the water stagnant.
2,400 ft.
Track ascends a steep stony slope.
Pass Shinea, 60 houses. There is one large stone building,
20 yds. square, of three storeys, the lowest being a
reservoir.
Water from a small perennial spring above the village, and
open shallow wells.
Track runs up a valley ^ m. wide, bordered by cliffs, over
a loose mass of large jagged stones. Steep gradient.
Summit of Galashinea pass, 3,155 ft.
Small dip in range about ^ m. wide, bordered by cliffs.
Graveyard with small grove of oaks here.
Descend by stony narrow ravine. Gradient 1 in 4 to 1 in 6.
Several vineyards under cliffs to 1.
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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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