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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [64r] (132/530)
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 67 b
123
Miles from
Mosul
10i
13|
18
25
28i
29
33i
34i
36i
38
Pass the Yezidi and Shabakh village of Shabakh, 300 houses,
3 m. to r., on a mound.
Continue over a rolling plain.
Tel Eaif, 300-400 houses, inhabited by Chaldeans and New
Chaldeans ; well-water brackish ; rain-water ponds.
Pass Batinai, a Chaldean village of 250 houses; water
supply, from 3 wells, slightly brackish, and also from
ponds. Continue over the rolling plain by a broad track.
Tel Usquf (alt. 1,400 ft.), large village of 1,000 houses,
mostly inhabited by New Chaldeans ; some Chaldeans.
Bad water-supply from 3 wells 20 ft. deep and 6 ft. in
diameter, only 1 containing water fit for drinking ; ponds
used for the main supply. Beyond the village the
undulating country continues.
Cross a stream. Alt. 1,535 ft.
Pass Serafiyeh, a Yezidi village of 50 huts on a low mound.
Soil now very rich ; wheat (harvested in the beginning
of June), Indian corn, and melons cultivated.
Monastery of Alkosh, a comparatively new structure, in
the plain, built to replace the ancient Nestorian monastery
of Rabban Hormuz, which lies in the hills 1^ m. away.
Both monasteries are now Chaldean. A short distance
farther on is
Alkosh. (alt. 1,800 ft.), a town of 7,000 inhabitants, mostly
Chaldeans; stone houses, narrow streets, small straggling
bazaar, good water.
An alternative track branches to r., going to the Tang-i-Haitut
(m. 65^) via Zawitha. It is 20 m. shorter than the route followed,
but is only a mule-track, and there are few villages along it.
Track now broad and undulating, crosses stony spurs from
the N. and passes %m. to S.
Shiuawa, 40 Yezidi houses, with a few trees and gardens,
on the opposite bank of a stream, the Butaq Stu Enter
the gorge of the Butaq Su ; 2 mills at its S. end. Follow
a narrow ledge 3 to 4 ft. wide ; rock a soft limestone.
Ford the Butaq, Su, a large stream, tributary of the Tigris,
and ascend steeply out of the gorge. Pass Maraski,
a Yezidi village of 50 huts, in the plain 2 m. to r.
Pass Seniyeh, 60 Yezidi houses near the road and lying to N.
Cross a small stream, 20 ft. wide in June, muddy channel
(alt. 1,600 ft.). Follow a broad track across the plain.
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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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