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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [127v] (259/530)
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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250
LAND ROUTES
rest of the route is represented as identical with
that in Appendix 2 above.
Pass mound called Char Pera (Chilpara ?).
Tel Humelan. See main route, above, m. 82.
(4)
It was reported in 1916 that (in January of that year) the Turks
were using a line of march from Eas el-Ain Tel Ermen and
Amudeh (see Boutes 126, introduction, and 94, m. 17), and Nisibin
to Mosul. The route was apparently to be given up in July owing
to lack of water: see p. 226. The stages from Nisibin were:—
Dogara (9 hrs.); Kirikin (6 hrs.: 1^ hrs. for crossing two streams);
Demir Kapu (6 hrs. : see main route, above, m. 91^); Akhlat el-
Kachet (?hrs.); Awenat (5 hrs.: 1 day's halt: see App. 2 and 3,
above); Hakta (5 hrs.); Shanazeel (7 hrs.); Hamadan (4 hrs.):
Mosul (4 hrs.).
EOUTE 92 a
MOSUL—NISIBIN (156^ m.)
Via B eled S injak
Authorities : —E. Sachau (journey of 1880); Eoute 23
(report of 1908) ; San e and Herzfeld (journey of 1908) ; notes by a traveller
who went over this route (following (ii) between Mosul and Tel A'far) a few
years before the war (exact date uncertain); No. 191 (report
of 1914).
This route runs over plain or low undulations throughout its
course, except at the pass over the Jebel Sinjar. It appears to be
practicable for wheels from Mosul to the pass across the Sinjar,
though this does not seem to have been stated explicitly by any of
the authorities who have gone over the ground except as regards
the stage from Mosul to Tel Afar. The pass through the Jebel
Sinjar is low and fairly easy, but the road is stony and might need
improving for wheeled traffic. This is said to be the only pass
practicable for caravans across the Sinjar range, though there are
besides a number of difficult tracks over the hills. It seems that
the plain between the Sinjar hills and Nisibin, though easy going in
dry weather, would be very difficult for wheels after rain. For
further notes on the going see below under Eoutes (i) and (ii) to
Tel Afar, and under m. 39, m. 76, m. 99, m. 113.
The inhabitants are mainly Arabs in the plains and Yezidis in
and near the hills. There are Turkomans at Tel Afar.
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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)
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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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