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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [99v] (203/530)
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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194
LAND ROUTES
Eoute goes by Fanduq to avoid the steep side-valleys along
the Tigris. Beyond the river is the Tur Abdin plateau.
To E. of Fanduq is a steep ridge with a narrow, rocky
summit.
Eocky spur (alt. 3,440 ft.) is crossed and the descent to the
Tigris begins along an easy track in a valley f m. wide.
Poaran and Berivana, two small villages, are passed, but
the country was described in 1888 as neglected and
deserted. Descend easily by a firm track through oaks.
The Tigris is reached, and a rough track followed along the
bank.
Pass Saidiyeh, a Kurd village high up on a rocky ravine
to r., up which mule tracks lead towards Deh through
very difficult country. Cross a stream.
Isolated rock in Tigris channel, about 20 yds. from the r.
bank. Cross some streams flowing from the ridge to the
r. in deep narrow cuts. Path becomes narrow and difficult,
straggling through boulders along a narrow track by a
ledge barely 3 ft. wide under cliffs 300 ft. high. The path
is obstructed by trees and undergrowth.
Path leaves the river and strikes across a low but difficult spur.
Path regains river.
Challek, on the opposite bank, a Syrian and Kurd village
of 40 houses, with one large stone building. This is
a halting-place for rafts, and is a river-port for villages
to the W., from which grain and firewood are shipped.
A track runs from Challek to Midiat Kerboran. Above
Challek the river descends through a fine gorge with
lofty limestone cliffs. The road is a badly defined track
among fallen boulders and is impassable in flood, when
the river may rise 30 ft. in the gorge.
Cross large stream from a gorge in the ridge to r. Beyond
this the path leaves the bank and zigzags up a steep
rocky ascent, and descends gently on the other side
towards the Bohtan. Some cultivation of corn, rice, and
cotton was observed in 1888.
Pass Wahzidi, ^m. L, a village on a plateau which over
looks the junction of the Tigris and Bohtan, IJr m. to W.
At the junction is Til, a place of great antiquity. From
Til an easy road leads to Eidhwan on the Sairt -Diarbekr
road (see lloutc 102 b). On the far bank of the Bohtan
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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