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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [90v] (185/530)
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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LAND ROUTES
Chemislitm (alt. 2,400 ft.), an open space by the river
suitable for camping.
The direct hill-track from Serau (see note under m. 5i)
joins the present track here.
On the opposite side of the valley is a high ridge with bare
cliffs.
To SW. is the Tang-i-Qasr Ghelli, through which the
nohsur Su passes to the Tigris. A route which appears to
be fairly easy and is much used by nomads leads up the
Rohsur valley by Derguleh (see immediately below), then
over a broad easy col in the ShernaMi Dagh (m. 84) and
along the middle slope of the Harakol Dagh. (see under
m. 40).
To NW. is a broad wooded valley down which a large
tributary comes to join the Eohsur from Khundukh,
There is an extensive view in that direction and a track
leads to the ruined fort and village of Derguleh, 4 m.
distant. The district of Derguleh in 1888 was under
populated though fertile. The large Christian population
had been exterminated in the earlier half of last century.
To N. is the Chiraf Dagh, a curious peak with steep pre
cipitous sides, overhanging the Eohsur and forming
a western spur of the Shernakh Dagh (see below, m. 34).
Khundukh lies on the N. side of this peak.
The route now follows an easy clay track along the r. bank
of the stream, passing a few patches of cultivation.
Leave the stream and skirt a conical mound on which
stands the Nestorian village of Sigirik. The country is
well wooded with oaks, hawthorns, and junipers. An out
crop of coal, probably of poor quality, is passed, and a long
gradual ascent over wooded cultivated country leads to
Shernakh (alt. 4,650 ft.), a Kurdish centre of some impor
tance, containing 400 Kurdish and 30 Nestorian houses,
the residence of the Chief of the Shernakhi Kurds, who
are asMret, are not nomads, and are favourably disposed
towards Christians. For cross-route from Margl, see
p. 171.
From Shernakh the track ascends a ridge diagonally,
passing some cultivation.
Shernakh Gedik (alt. 5,380 ft.). Wide view of the basin
of the upper waters of the Hazil, extending some 25 m.
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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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