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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [140r] (284/530)
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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ROUTES 95 b, c
275
EOUTE 95 c
MAEDIN—DIAEBEKR (64| m.)
Via D erek
Authority: —Route-report of June 1907 : Taylor, 1866.
This route is rough and stony, and is probably not passable for
carts beyond Derek; but no definite statement on this point is
available. In rain the lower ground is heavy, and the streams may
be serious obstacles.
Supplies are very scanty; water is very scarce as far as Derek,
and does not seem to be plentiful in summer and autumn between
Derek and Diarbekr. Fuel is abundant throughout.
The inhabitants of the country traversed are Kurds. The Kharok
occupy the country between Derek and the neighbourhood of Gula-
guli. That village and Girisor are inhabited by Metina Kurds. The
Grherb are found N. of Gulaguli up to Sipiyan.
For a route running between the spurs of the Mazi Dagh and
Qarajeh Dagh passing some way W. of Derek see Route 117 a.
Miles from
Mardm
o
254
"2
28|
2H
35|
Mardiu. For the route from Mardln to Derek see Route
116 a, m. 55^-m. 30.
Derek, see Boute 116 a, m. 30. Much water in the neigh
bourhood.
Eoad ascends steadily but not abruptly up E. side of the
Derek valley, between hills ridged with rocky outcrops
and craggy summits. It shows signs of having once
been made, but is now very rough and stony.
Top of ascent, reached in l^hrs. Much oak scrub. Cross
a number of low hills.
Well (Serinj) about 300 yds to r. of track.
Eoad descends gently through thick oak scrub, becoming
less stony and more level. Shortly after it improves
it turns a little W. of N. following trend of a low ridge,
and then turns N. again, and drops into a cup-like
depression between low hills : clay soil, heavy after rain.
Gulaguli, hamlet, with some trees. Dry stream-bed and
large pond. Metina Kurds.
Girisor on 1. of track. Pond.
Eoad turns N. by W.
A road to Bismil and Farqln diverges to r., but no
s 2
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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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