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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [75r] (154/530)
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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ROUTES 70, 71 a
145
continues down the ravine to the Julamerk—Bash Qal'ah
road (see Boute 69, under m. 14^), the route followed
turns E.
Ascend a spur very steeply by zigzags, from the top of
which route continues by a broad play track, fairly steep,
leaving a ravine on r.
Gnrauis, Nestorian village of 22 houses, near which is
a chrome mine.
Route continues to ascend.
Andanis (alt. 7,485 ft.). Ascend steadily, crossing open
uplands on which there is good grazing in spring.
Broad summit of the Harefta Gedik (alt. 10,210 ft.), a pass
in the Harefta Dagh, which to W. rises to 12,500 ft.
Route meets Boute 71b, m. 15^. The Harefta Dagh
slopes very steeply to E. down to the Zab. The route
now enters the basin of the Qara Su, a large tribu
tary of the Zab which meets that river at m. 35f on
Boute 69, and from this point to Bash Qal'ah crosses
a series of small streams, most of which are tribu
taries of the Qara Su, and are separated one from
another by steep ridges. Here the Zab valley contains
a good deal of thinly covered grass land. The track
descends a broad, grassy valley rather steeply, and passes
a group of four large ponds, the slope gradually becoming
easier.
19 Cross a large stream at a point where some minor streams
join it from the SW.
Route follows a fairly wide valley, with a good deal of
cultivation and pasture, leaving Mandara, a Kurd
village, 2^ m. to 1.
20 Sivik, a small Kurd village, m. to r.
20^ Suroa on the 1., ^ m. distant. Route now crosses the
Qara Su, which at this point is 30 ft. wide and 1 ft.
deep in October, by a bridge (alt. 8,000 ft.), and passes
through a cultivated basin.
21i Sikyanis, Kurd village of 30 houses, the principal place
in the Shivelan district. Here route to Sekunis is
crossed {Route 69, under m. 25^, branch track, at m. 13).
22^ Cross another stream, 30 yds. wide and 2 ft. deep, by a ford,
the stream being crossed by a fascine bridge, ^ m. lower
j down, when in flood. The route goes up a broad culti-
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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