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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [95v] (195/530)
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
Shattakh. Follow the r. bank of the Shattakh stream by
a metalled road, 24 to 30 ft. wide, ditched and with cul
verts ; easy gradient. The valley is 200 to 300 yds. wide,
with steep slopes of stony clay dotted with a few trees.
A few villages on terraces high up to W. At 1^ m. pass
a narrow valley with steep, craggy sides, coming from
NW., up which there is a track to Mukus. Valley
narrows.
Cross to 1. bank by a 25-fi bridge of wooden beams laid on
fascines, near to which the stream is easily fordable
except when the river is in high flood. Large springs
on r. bank, where also there are steep cliffs. Ashgonz,
an Armenian village of 15 houses, is passed near here;
it appears to be on 1. bank. The stream is crossed and
recrossed, and large springs are passed on both banks.
Sevdigin, an Armenian village on r. bank, from which
a stony, difficult track leads to Mukus. Above the village,
on the r. bank of the stream, is a large spring called
Kani Spi, of great volume in the early part of the year,
but dry in autumn. Low oaks and scrub are passed,
the well-constructed road following a steadily ascending
gradient, exposed to avalanches in the spring.
Pass an important valley from NW., up which runs the
alternative track to Shattakh from Van 81 b).
Valley now opens out to a broad col -l^ln. broad, the
G-urandesht plain, bordered by steep, stony hills, which
is crossed by an easy gradient: the Kurdish village of
Ctnraudesht lies 1^ m. to 1., the residence (1900) of
Sheikh Hasan, a man of much influence.
Pass Avzeni, ^ m. to 1. Road enters the basin of Lake
Van and descends easily over clay and stones through
bare hills.
Gurandesht Khan, a useful shelter in the winter. Descend
more steeply by a fairly easy gradient into a narrow,
stony valley, which gradually opens out.
Havatzor plain. Eoad is here metalled throughout.
Qizil Tash, Armenian village of 60 houses. Eoad from
Bitlis to Van {Boute 89 a, m. 75) is met.
Engil bridge over the Khoshab Su.
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.
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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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