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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [154r] (312/530)
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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Miles from
Diar-
toekr
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13|
21
30
34
37
40
46
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ROUTES 102 b, 103 a
303
Diarbekr.
The chaussee begins from the bridge below Diarbekr, but
some 3 m. are saved by fording the river when possible
E. of the town, and using one of the numerous and easy-
tracks that join the main route.
The distances given below are by the bridge and the line of
the chaussee.
From the bridge the road winds along a bluff passing
opposite the town, and then strikes across to
Tel Alio, whence it descends easily towards the
Ambar Chai, which flows in a broad valley and has little
water except in freshets in spring.
There are several villages, many of them Armenian and
Jacobite, and some cultivation, but the country is other
wise bare and treeless.
Crossing the Ambar Chai the road goes over an easy undu
lating country passable in all directions for wheels to the
Quru Chai, which it crosses at Khan Bazar.
Here several tracks to Farcin diverge and lead roughly
parallel over what is apparently an easy undulating
country to ENE., with many villages.
Kasimi, a large village, on the farther bank of a stream of
the same name. A few miles to S. is the Zirka (Kurd)
village of Sofyan through which one of the alternative
routes passes.
Haidari Khan, a large village, whence an easy route,
passable for wheels, goes N. to Hazro, Pasur, and Kulp.
Gravelly soil, much broken up into irregular undulations
by water-action.
Husein Koi, another large village.
Road descends slightly to a shallow stream at Mir Alio,
which it crosses. Kimiad, a large village, 3 m. to S.
When the Batman Su is fordable below the Batman bridge it is
possible to strike E. over easy country to Zokb, fording the Batman
near the mouth of the Melkishan stream, and avoiding the detour
by Farqin.
Over open undulating country to
Zireh. Other villages are near, also some walled vine
yards.
Parqjn.
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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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