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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [138r] (280/530)
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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KOUTES 94, 95 a
271
A recent authority gives the following times for the route from
Diarbekr to Mardin :
Hrs.
0 Diarbekr.
5^ Khanaq Punar.
10 Khaneki Yuqari.
14 Sheikhan.
19 MardTn.
Miles from
Mardin
o
4^
71
' 2
11
20
23
28
Mardin. Descend steep hill from Mardin into the plain.
The descent is rough and stony, and some of the
gradients are very steep. Part of the road is paved in
shallow ledges.
Keach plain (1^ hrs. from here to Mardin),
Follow up the ravine of the Gov watercourse, a winding
ascent with fairly easy gradients. The ravine is usually
dry except in rains. Pass 'Omar Agha Punar with
1 spring. Pass Khanaraq, small village to 1. Ascend,
through bare rocky hills, the Jebel Afz. Cross crest of
range (alt. 3,550 ft.), low summits covered with oak scrub
on either side. Descend into narrow valley of Slieikhan.
Pass Sheikh Alia (3 hrs. from here to Mardin), a small
village ^ m. to r. On sketch-map of 1902 this place is
marked at m. 10. Continue to descend valley of the
Sheikhan. Cross to r. bank by three-arched stone bridge.
To NW. hills rise to 3,700 ft.
Sh.eikh.an, village of 60 houses to 1. (5 hrs. from here to
Mardin). Continue to descend valley. Valley here
m. wide. Hills rise some 400 ft. on either hand.
Small bridge to 1. bank of Sheikhan Chai. Ascend
valley of small stream. Metalled now ends.
Next cross valley of a small stream flowing N. Tozian
is a large village with vines and orchards 2 m. down
this stream. Wind among low, stony, scrub-covered
hills to a col, alt. 3,500 ft.
Pass Avgaor, small village to r.
Khaneki Yuqari (Upper), the usual halting-place, a Kurdish
village on hill-side. Good water from stream; wood
• abundant. Road winds down narrow valley of the
Shammerkh Chai passing some small villages.
Khaneki Ashaghi (Lower), a fair-sized village to 1.
Descend the valley by r. bank of the stream. The
stream is a SE. arm of the Gok Su, a tributary of the
Tigris which rises in the Qarajeh Dagh.
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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'
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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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