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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [80r] (164/530)
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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EOUTE 74 a
155
34i
continues over open gravelly downs. It goes down
si small stream to 1. into a wide valley, where it is joined
by the track from Shushlamerg, which lies below and
to 1. of the route. (See Boute 74 b, m. 20^.)
Skeftan, small Kurd village, out of sight 2 m. to 1., situated
on a large stream flowing from the SE. which emerges
through a narrow gorge and joins the stream flowing
down the valley followed by the road. This stream now
runs in a broad gravelly channel easily fordable except
in the spring. There is a mule-track on the 1. bank.
Eoute follows this stream and leaves on the E. some
ravines, and on the W. some rough tracks leading up
a side valley to Qasriq. (See 72, m. 53^.)
Khoshab, situated on both sides of the stream. TO.
Head-quarters of the Kaimmakam of the Hamldiyeh or
Khoshab Kam. Fine ruins of an old castle on the
r. bank, and a good masonry bridge of one 12-ft. and
two 25-ft. spans. In June the drinking water is bad.
(For other routes from Khoshab, see 74 b and 78.)
Route crosses to the 1. bank, which it follows by a somewhat
rough track, winding past several small ravines and
passing above a gorge at the junction of a large stream
coming from Kolan to NE. Route now lies some m.
above the Khoshab Su, whose valley is open with steep
clay slopes traversed by numerous ravines. Ascend
by an easy track and pass over a broad col whence
a good view is obtained of Khoshab and its valley.
Turn down a broad side valley in which is met a road
from Serai to Qasriq. Enter the main valley, bounded
on the N. by uncultivated treeless hills with numerous
ravines.
Pass the mouth of a rough valley, going S., up which runs
a mule-track to join the Serai-Qasriq road.
Farther on track follows a stony ledge for 300 yds. close
above a bend of the stream. To avoid this, and unless
the track be widened, carts must ford the river. Here
the valley is about m. wide with low rounded hills on
either hand. The track is easy and continues along
1. bank, through clay.
Golen Katun, where there is a ruined khan. Cross the
stream by a bridge consisting of a single 40-ft. stone
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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