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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [84r] (172/530)
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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Miles from
Dilman
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69
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79
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ROUTE 76 a
163
Enter a gorge, 150 yds. wide, at which point the roadway-
is very narrow. Cross to r. bank of the stream and
follow the valley, here 2 m. wide.
Qotur (alt. 6,200 ft.), a village of 80 houses, mostly Kurds,
but some Armenians, where is the head-quarters of the
Persian Grovernor of the district, and where there were
usually some Persian troops. 66 b from Urmia
joins here, and there is also a rough track to Deir, not
passable for wheels.
Continuing up the valley of the Qotur Chai, a stream
which joins from W. is passed.
Razi, village on 1. in a ravine : Turkish frontier post (1914).
An alternative route leads to Van (see 76 b). Beyond
Razi the valley is 200 yds, wide, with steep, rocky slopes,
and the road, a good hard track, going through good sheep-
grazing ground, gradually ascends above the stream
through a yellow shaly clay, enters a short steep ravine,
and passes a lake called the Qaz Gol, which lies ^ m. to 1.
Top of a pass (7,955 ft.). From this pass a valley is
descended to the Chnl Clxemen basin, an open undulating-
plain running E.-W., 7-8 m. long by 3 to 4 m. wide, the
E. edge of which is skirted.
Pass Sharab Klianeh, i m. away under hills to N. Road
continues over the plain.
Cross a low pass, 7,200 ft. The track descends by a narrow
ravine, and traverses an open undulating plateau, fertile
but uncultivated, 4 m. wide. Ascend slightly.
Serai (alt. 7,205 ft.), an important frontier village, formerly
the summer head-quarters of a regiment stationed at Van
and the residence of the Kaimmakam of the Mahmudiyeh
Kam. There are 120 houses in the village, mostly
inhabited by Nestorians, and a telegraph office on the
Van line. Serai is situated on the E. edge of the Mah-
mudiyeh plain, across which to the S. a cart-track leads
to Khoshab (see lioute 74 a, m. 29).
The route described goes due W., passing Melimed Alan,
2^ m. to N., and leaving to 1., on S., a low range of
rounded hills, an outlier from the Chul Chemen, on
which stands
Astuji, 30 houses, ^ m. to S.
The valley of the Mehmedik Chai is now entered, and the
stream is crossed by a ford, 20 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep in
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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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