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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [134v] (273/530)
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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264
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Jeziret-
ibn-
f Omar
58
59
591
60
60i
61|
62
62^
62i
63
Shuesk, i m. to r., Tel Ahbud, to 1., and
Pass
'Arbeh, | m. to 1
Kirtwan, on r. at foot of mound, 60 houses. 3 or 5 wells.
Latifeh, village of 40 houses, i m. to 1. of northerly route.
It is given as to r. of the southerly route.
Southerly route (cf. below, Rout 93 b, m. 69i) comes in here
from 1.
Jum'a (Jema Jemalu ?j> village, 2 m, to 1.
Girhasin, village with mound, on r. Well (latest authority
says 2 wells).
Aintan, village of 40 houses, 1 m. to 1.
Mo oris, village, 2 m. to r. (1903).
Mill on r.
Mahmakia, village of 50 houses, ^ m. to 1. Stream and
wells.
Weisik, 1 m. to r.
Mill on r. Irrigation stream crosses from 1.
Mill on r. Irrigation stream crosses from 1.
River Jaghjagha. Cross by good stone foot-bridge, 9 arches
(it is not clear whether this should be identified with
the ' 12-arched' stone bridge in 92 a, m. 1564).
Nisibin.
ROUTE 98 b
JEZIRET-IBN- e OMAR—NISIBIN (73i m. ?)
Southern Route, via Aznaie and Deieun
Authorities : —Koute reports of autumn 190S and 1907. Koute report of Feb. 1903
from Batirzan onwards (see Military vol. iv, no. 184),
It was reported in 1903 that the section of this route between
Jezlret-ibn-'Omar and Tel Kharab (m, 50i) was in general impassable
for wheels on account of the frequent deep wadis and the rocky,
accidented nature of the country, but that field artillery might
pass with difficulty, needing help among boulders and at wadis.
Prom Tel Kharab to Nisibin there is a good unmetalled road over
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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