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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [72v] (149/530)
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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140
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Jula-
merk
the Zab here both by a bridge and a ford, eoins? im fho
hill to 1. to Kochannes. 6 P me
The track becomes so bad that in June when the river was
about 2i ft. deep mules crossed and re-crossed the
stream in order to avoid a narrow ledge along the
r. bank which, in 1901, had fallen away in places.
14A Kochannes Chai, a large stream flowing into the Zab on
r. bank.
A very rough track, passable for laden mules, leads up the Kochannes
Chai for about 1 m. until it meets 71 a (Kochannes— Bash
Qal'ah). For the importance of this track in winter see 71 a
introduction.
Continue along the river bank or sometimes in the river
itself, which is here 40 ft. to 50 ft. wide, not fordable in
March.
Leaving the Zab at an altitude of 4,650 ft. the road
ascends a narrow stony ravine.
Alternative route to Zerani (m. 32, below).
About here the winter route to Bash Qal'ah branches off to r. follow
ing the river bank past Hezekian and rejoining the main route at
Zerani (see m. 32), being about 4 m. longer than the main route
and an extremely rough and difficult track. In the spring this
route is sometimes so much exposed to avalanches between here
and Hezekian that another track is followed through Rezan which
crosses a lidge some 7,000 ft. high before reaching Hezekian,
About J m. beyond the bifurcation of the winter and summer
routes there is a ford over the Zab leading to Dizeh via Shawutha,
where it joins Route 64.
Rezan (de Zab), a Nestorian village of 10 houses.
From Rezan on to Bash QaVah the hills are bare for the
most part, and are torn into deep gorges by snow-water
torrents, villages standing on any little shelves there
may be. The rock is usually a slatey limestone, splitting
readily into flakes and tilted at every conceivable angle.
N. of the Qara Su a good deal of rather poor grazing can
be had in the spring.
After leaving Kezan a small stream from 1. is crossed, at
the head of which are the Nestorian villages of Napetka
and Pirrianis lying among trees and cultivation.
The small Kurdish villages of Erdal, Weisik, and MTato-
lanis are seen across the Zab. The road ascends rather
steeply.
20^
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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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