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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [137v] (279/530)
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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270
LAND ROUTES
Euins of the Byzantine fortress of Dara lie up the valley
of the 'Amudeh Chai to r. There is a Kurdish village in
the ruin-area. See Bout 97 c, m. 16.
Qarashiq, a Kurd village, ^ m. to r., 2 wells. The foot of
hills is | m. to r.
Large village (Qaraliq ?), | m. to 1. Qaraliq has 2 wells.
Qasr Kalendelan, a Kurd village, on 1., 2 wells. Remains
of an old tower.
Eoad now runs over cultivated plain.
Deserted village 1 m. to 1. (1903).
Deserted village on 1. (1903).
Tel Hurrin, a village of 100 houses, on 1., 2 wells (another
authority says 3), water 25 ft. from surface, good supply.
One authority states that the village is inhabited by Syrian
Christians, another that it is Kurdish. The Kalendelan
Kurds are apparently found in the neighbourhood.
Eoad leaves cultivated plain.
Qasr Jiran, village on r. at foot of hills, 3 wells.
A metalled carriage-road, systematically graded, winds up
hill-side.
37 | Mardiu, 1 ,600 ft. above plain.
ROUTE 95 a
MAEDIN—DIAEBEKE (54 m.)
Via K haneki
Authorities;—Military Report on E.T. A., vol. iv, Eoute 178 (report of 1902); sketch-
map of 1902: notes by a traveller who went over the route a few years
before the war (exact date uncertain).
Before the war this road was at least partially metalled, In
1902 it was reported to be metalled for the first 16^ m. from
Mardln and for the last 8| m. into Diarbekr: the former section
was then in fairly good order, the latter rough and bad to within
about 4 m. from Diarbekr. The unmetalled part was rough and
stony and heavy in the rainy season, but on the whole fair in dry
weather. Up to the present war the route as a whole was passable
for carts but not practicable for carriages in the rains. The T.L.
follows the general line of the route.
Between Mardln and Khaneki Yuqari supplies are scarce and
good water not abundant, but fuel is plentiful. Between Khaneki
and Diarbekr supplies are less scane, water is fairly plentiful, and
fuel is very scarce.
miles irom
Nisibin
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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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