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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [84v] (173/530)
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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164
Miles from
Bilman
87-|
m
95
961
98
99i
103
107^
110
LAND ROUTES
October, the r. bank being followed above the stream,
which runs through a rocky gorge, and an open basin is
entered from which a small pass leads past the mouth of
a rough valley into a shut gorge.
Pass G-arigari, village of 40 houses on the 1, bank of the
stream. Another rough valley from the NE. is crossed,
up which goes a track, probably passable for guns, to
Shems ed-Din.
Pass Mulla Hasan, 30 houses, f m. to 1., on 1. bank, and
on the same bank a broad valley from the S., 3 m. up
which is Yuqari Mulla Hasan, near whose junction
with the Mehmedik Chai a track, passable for guns, comes
from Chul Chemen by a short cut, descending from the
upland by broad easy spurs. On the N. the hills are
steep ; Dibekli, a small village higher up to r., is passed.
Cross river to 1. bank by a gravelly ford, 40 yds, wide and
18 in. deep in October.
Melimedik Boghaz, a defile much exposed to blizzards, is
traversed and the valley opens out.
Pass Meudil, If m. to r. An easy track is now followed.
Seivan Su, 80 yds. wide; dry shingle in October. An
easy track leads up this valley to Seivan. Road, a well-
defined gravelly track, follows a level track trending
away from the stream to S., meets a short cut on 1. leading
to Archag, crosses a stream from the Erkat Dagh, dry-
in October, and passes through gardens and groves of
poplars.
Archag (alt. 5,830 ft.), 150 Armenian houses, the residence
of a Mudir, and the junction of the T.L. from Erzerum.
Road now follows an undulating track above the lake,
crossing three small streams, and skirts the lake.
Pass Ehann, 1^ m. to 1., from which a fairly easy track
leads to Ermauis, on the Van—Seivan road, and farther
on goes over a broad easy col to
Adiaman, a Kurd village, m. to 1. Pass several
villages.
Springs (alt. 6,120 ft.) on 1., where a track is met leading
N. to Kurdzot by the W. shore of L. Archag. Erom this
point a track goes S. to Van, which is not passable for
guns, going down a steep ravine and entering the town
E. of Topraq Qal'ah. The route followed goes down
a short easy gorge, winds down a ravine by an easy
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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'.
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- 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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