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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [156r] (316/530)
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 f
Dia
"beli
77
80
83
85
93
95
97
100
102
ioq
106
KOUTE 103 a
0
307
Crest of the Kursi Tepeh, a flat-topped hill of horseshoe
shape, with a good command to the N. It is an outlier
of the Desht-i-Keri.
Descend long easy spur, leaving Mergarijal in a basin to r.,
and pass through Boliu. These villages belong to the
Rish Qotanli Kurds, a large tribe divided into 8 sections,
and rich in mules and sheep.
Descend into the valley of a tributary of the Hazo and cross
the stream.
Join the Diarbekr—Zokh route. See 103 b, m. 53,
The country is now easy and open in all directions.
A lternative E oute (ii)
This is an alternative route from the ford over the Hazo ;
it turns N. from Donuz Punar (see m. 93, above) and
leads up the 1. bank of the Hazo.
Skerdan.
Golamassia, opposite which on a flat-topped hill are the
ruins of the old castle of Qal'ah-i-Sheikh Baj.
The river here, even in flood-time, is often fordable, as
it spreads out into 5 or 6 minor channels over a wide
shingle bed. There are no bridges.
Enter the valley of a stream from the NE. Near here is
Reshadara, with a ford over the Hazo Su, by which
a track joins from Hazo. The r. bank of the Hazo
generally commands the 1. from Donuz Punar up to
this point, and consists of a series of flat-topped hills
with steep clay slopes.
The route now leaves the Hazo to 1., and follows the
stream mentioned above, the shingly bed of which it
crosses and re-crosses. Except after heavy rain for a
short time, the stream-bed is always passable. The
border slopes are of steep clay and gravel formation.
Pass Deir Shaman, with ruined castle on a cliff to r.
The valley gets narrower and bends round to the E.,
passing Melipan, where are extensive salt-pans on the
slope 2 m. to N.
ross a small stream from the N. by a stone bridge.
Jezni, a place with salt-pans on the slope to N., up the
valley. The valley narrows, with numerous small wooded
hills on either side, and a small col has to be crossed.
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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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