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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [115v] (235/530)
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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ROUTES BETWEEN MOSUL AND DIAEBEKR
ROUTES 90 a, b
MOSUL—JEZIKET-IBN-'OMAR
General Note on Koutes E. of the Tigris
Between Mosul and Feishkhabur the Tigris valley is not suited to
movement by land. The river flows in a tortuous course through
defiles with steep cliffs of limestone, clay, and conglomerate, and
the country near the E. side of the valley is cut up by numerous deep
and difficult ravines which run towards the Tigris. The route from
Mosul to Jeziret-ibn-'Omar passing E. of the Tigris, therefore avoids
the river in this part of its course, and runs first in a general NNW.
direction over an easy, undulating plain through Filfil to the Dohuk
Su. Beyond that stream it follows a terrace of rolling, fairly easy
ground which lies between the foot of the rugged range of the Jebel
Abyadh on the E. and the very broken country along the Tigris
to the W. In the neighbourhood of Simel there is a choice of routes
to Jezlret-ibn-'Omar:
(i) Via Zakho. See Route 90 a below.
(ii) Via Feishkhabur. See Route 90 b below.
Before the war caravans went fairly frequently from Mosul to
Feishkhabur by the route E. of the Tigris, and at Feishkhabur crossed
the river by ferry and struck across the plains W. of the Tigris to
Jezlret-ibn-'Omar or Nisibin. The direct route between Mosul and
Nisibin W. of the Tigris has been used since the war for the passage
of troops in winter, spring, and early summer. In late summer
(from July) and in autumn troops apparently moved from Nisibin to
Mosul by J eziret-ibn-'Omar; but their exact route is not known.
See Boute 91.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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