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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [75v] (155/530)
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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146
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Xoclian-
nes
25
26i
29i
32
37
vated valley N., leaving Ileh, a village of 20 houses, | m.
to 1., and then by a short, steep ascent to
Summit of a ridge whose altitude has been given as 8,500
and 6,710 ft. by different travellers, 'Omarkara being 1 m.
to 1. along the ridge. A short, steep descent takes this
route to another tributary of the Qara Su with a good
deal of cultivation along it, beyond which a wide flat-
topped spur is crossed, from which the road descends to
a large valley approached by a smaller valley.
Firisau. Village in the smaller valley.
Seriskan Su, stream in the large valley, a tributary of the
Zab. Cross by a bridge (alt. 7,200 ft.), and traverse
a long table-land, running E.-W., from 2 m. to 3 m.
wide, on which are situated Fizan, Anzab, and several
other villages, the whole plateau being cultivated with
wheat and barley and containing not a few thickets of
trees. From this table-land the road descends easily.
Stream in a deep ravine. On the cultivated ridge beyond
it the track from Sekunis to Bash Qal'ah (see 73,
m. 34|) is joined, and is followed to
Bash Qalah. (see Boute 69, m. 49).
EOUTE 71b
KOCHANNES—HAEEFTA DAGH (15^ M.)
General direction, NE. This is an alternative route to the first
14 m. of Boute 71 a, Kochannes to Bash Qal'ah. It is 1^ m. longer,
and rises to a greater elevation, but it is easier for mules in the
summer and autumn.
Miles from
Koclxan-
nes
0 Kochannes. Track goes up the 1. bank of the Kochannes
Chai and crossing to r. bank rises steeply through
a ydila (alt. 9,500 ft.), passing beneath Chaila and Beri
Chaila, two high, snow-covered peaks, whence it descends
a steep hillside by a zigzag path.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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