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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [77v] (159/530)
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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160
Miles from
Kochan-
nes
52
53i
581
64i
68i
69i
71
72|
79
79|
84i
LAND ROUTES
Broad, easy pass (alt. 6,820 ft.).
Route leads to W. of two landmarks, first the Keli Spi
(White Peak) and then the Keli Hash (Black Peak),
leaves the Kurdish village of Gengevver (30 houses)
m. to r., and descends into an extensive cultivated
basin in which lies
Qasriq or Aqcheh Qal'ah (alt. 6,615 ft.), 30 Kurd houses,
the residence of Amer Agha, a Kurdish Bey.
From the village a mule-track leads over grassy uplands
to Sekunis (see m. 32, above), passing E. of the route
followed, but no details about it are known.
Route, after following for 1^- m. the broad cultivated valley
of a stream coming from NE., ascends easily over open
downs.
Gauragau pass (alt. 7,285 ft.). Equally easy descent over
a valley which route follows as it turns sharply to W.,
leaving on r. a rough track leading Gurik to Khoshab
up a valley to ESE., and widens to ^ m.
Demgosim (alt. 6,105 ft.), 15 Kurdish houses, where the
valley is 1^ m. wide, and whence a mule-track goes to
Qasriq over the Chilichap pass, a much shorter route
than the cart-road. Beyond the village the broad valley
is followed as it passes through bare hills, its stream
being on its W. edge and dry in September.
Engustanz, large Armenian village on the edge of the
fertile Havatzor plain.
Cross an irrigation canal coming from E.
Ermarut, large Armenian village. An easy track con
tinues across the plain.
Eh.osh.ab Su, dry in September owing to the water being
taken for irrigation. The large Armenian village of
Keghzi, residence of the Mudir of Havatzor, is passed
a short distance to 1. Gradual ascent from the stream.
Vekchuranz, Armenian village, 1 m. to r., beyond which
a steeper ascent of 2 m. leads to the summit of the
rounded hills forming the S. boundary of the plain of
Van, whence route descends easily by a broad, grassy
valley, past a good spring.
Qurubash, Armenian village. Ford over theQurubashChai.
Route meets the road from Bash Qalah (see 74 a,
m. 54i). and follows it to
Van.
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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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