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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [124v] (253/530)
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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244
LAND ROUTES
Miles trom
Feish-
khabur
21
23i
25i
26i
28
30|?
67|?
Sarmusak, 3 springs, ^ m. 1.
Jilika, small spring r.
Gulijeh, good spring, r.
Kergho Chai, a small stream which does not usually dry
up in summer.
Kaztapen, r. Water from small stream which does not
dry up in summer. Thence past Baqirwan (good
spring, r.) and Batirzan (2 springs) to
Deirun-i-Agha (this point may be further from Kaztapen
than is estimated here; compare 93 b, where it
is given as 3 m. from Batirzan).
(For the rest of the road see B93 b, m. 36^-73f.)
Nisibin. (See Boute 93 b. The authority followed for the
first part of the route makes the distance between Deirun
and Nisibin 29|: m.)
EOUTE 91
MOSUL—NISIBIN (131m.?)
Via Eski Mosul and Tel Eumelan
Authorities: —Hinriclis (journey of 1911), Oppenheim (journey of 1893).
The country between Mosul and Nisibin, W. of the Tigris, is for
many miles undulating desert, broken here and there by low hills
or mounds that mark the site of ancient settlements.
Wheeled traffic crossed the plain between Mosul and Nisibin
before the war, but no details regarding the route followed by it are
available. The ground is said to be heavy after rain.
In winter the snow sometimes lies on the plain for weeks, causing
great hardship to animals. In spring the whole area is covered
with herbage, and there seems at that season to be a fair supply of
water, either in wells or wadis. These conditions, however, last
onty for a few weeks. No fuel or supplies for troops could be
expected before the war. The population is almost entirely nomad.
The railway between Nisibin and Mosul is planned (according to
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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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