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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [55v] (115/530)
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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106
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Ama-
diyeli
214
25i
28?
28i
30i
Cross a ravine, pass a stream in a rocky ravine containing
some fine oaks, sycamores and ash trees, and follow
a narrow valley by a broad road leading through oak
woods. Leaving the valley, cross a ridge and enter
a narrow ravine.
Serukani (alt. 1,565 ft.), 30 houses, ^ m. to 1. down the
ravine, where banks are well wooded and the upper
slopes have terraced cultivation of wheat. Cross a stream
20 ft. wide. The route ascends the ravine to an altitude
of 1,765 ft., and follows a broad track over clay soil.
It passes a well-wooded range 3 m. to r., and turns E.
down a thickly-wooded valley, 200 yds. wide ; it then
ascends gradually, passes over a stony spur covered with
oaks and shrubs, leaving to 1. a belt of rice land, 600 yds.
wide, along the river, crosses a flat by the river and
ascends steeply to
Latkeh (alt. 1,615 ft.) with a small stone fort, on a rocky
spur, overlooking the Zab. Eesidence (apparently in
1901) of Futta Ala, an influential Kurd.
Route now passes through a well-watered, cultivated flat,
i m. wide, lying between the river to 1. and the hills
to r. ; crosses a low spur, and goes parallel to the Zab,
here a rapid stream, 100 to 150 yds. wide in June, with
a gravelly bed.
About here route meets the road from Rowanduz (see
Boute 62 a, m. 82^). It goes down to a ferry by
which the river is crossed to
Surin, on r. bank of the Undbar-i-Shin at its junction
with the Zab, Ashkufa, 40 houses, being on the opposite
side of the stream, here 30 yds. wide and containing
much snow-water in May. From this point the Heriki
tribes, bringing their flocks in the spring to the
Tergavvar plain near Urmia, follow the route to
Oramar and thence via Dlzeh ; this constitutes the shortest
route from Mosul to Urmia, and is passable for mules.
The road now crosses the Zab valley and enters
Tang-i-Eelindeh, a great gorge in the Muzeran district,
through which the Rudbar-i-Shln passes between the
Gkirajar Dagh on N., and the Shlrindari Dagh on S.
The road is extraordinarily bad, ascending and descending
over precipitous places, and hardly distinguishable as a
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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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