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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [156v] (317/530)
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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308
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Biar-
bekr
The ascent in 1900 required clearing for wheels. The
descent is easy along a stream running into the Bitlis Su.
110^ Over a low col and descend into basin of Ziyaret.
112 Ziyaret Waiz el-Qur'ani.
KOUTE 103 b
DIARBEKR—ZOKH (72± m.)
Via the D esht-i -K eei
Authority:—Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iv, Route 188 (report of 1899).
This route is passable for all arms.
Miles from
Diar-
"bekr
o
48
53
61
724
Diarbekr. As far as Ermi, see 102 a.
Ermi. Eoad diverges to N. from the Sairt route.
Koad crosses the plain and reaches the outliers of the
Deslit-i-Keri.
Ascend by an easy gradient, passing a spring near the
summit, from which route descends more steeply towards
the Hazo Su by a good clay track over undulating spurs
trending towards the river. Near the river Alternative
(i) to 103 a joins.
The Hazo Su is forded in an easy gravelly channel near the
ruins of Kharzan, an ancient walled city. (In most
years the Hazo is apparently not fordable till towards the
end of June.) A gradual ascent over a cultivated plain
leads to
Zokh.
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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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- '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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