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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [74v] (153/530)
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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144
Miles from
Jula-
merk
5|
8
11
LAND ROUTES
Broad level summit of a pass (alt. 8,755 ft.), beyond which
track descends slightly over open downs and then turns
sharply to E.
Bevchilan Yaila. Entering the Kochannes Chai valley,
descend very steeply to
Kocliannes (alt. 6,400 ft.), situated on a well-cultivated
plateau 2 m. long and m. wide between two deep
ravines, at the upper end of a deep valley wooded on its
upper slopes with juniper and arbor vitae. This village,
access to which is extremely difficult in winter, contained
before the war the residence of Mar Shimnm, the head of
the Nestorians. In 1915 he escaped to Salmas; see p. 32.
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i#'i
0
EOUTE 71a
KOCHANNES—BASH QAL'AH (37 M.)
Authority : —Military Report on E.T.A,, vol. iii. Route 120 a (report of 1900).
General direction, NNE. The route descends towards the banks
of the Great Zab, and then strikes NE. to the Harefta Gedik (alt.
10,210 ft. ), which it crosses. It keeps along theW. side of the Great
Zab at some distance from the river. This road is often used by
travellers going in the summer from Bash Qal'ah to Julamerk, being
cool and fairly easy, with plenty of water along it. It passes through
a fair number of villages. It is closed by snow during the winter,
when it is necessary to descend to the Zab valley by the track men
tioned under m. 5, and reach Bash Qal'ah by (m. 14-|—end).
On the Nestorian population, compare p. 32.
Miles from
Kochan-
nes
o
Kochannes. The Kochannes Chai is descended by
a steep zigzag track, fairly easy for mules in the summer
and autumn, but too much exposed to snow avalanches
at other times for them to be used.
Berwari Chai (alt. 4,230 ft.), a large stream easily fordable
in October coming from the NW. While one track
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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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