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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [159r] (322/530)
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 105, 106
(g)
313
Pass Bilbil in a valley to L, which, with other valleys,
forms the bed of the Sinan Su,
Cross a col in a spur and pass Hashta to 1.
The track here is easy. Near Bazmar it passes some large
springs, the principal source of the Salat Su.
Pass Berkhosh. and Koli, a few huts. Route then runs
abreast of a large gorge from Hazro.
Tracks to Diarbekr go off here to 1. over easy country.
The easiest route to Lijjeh now goes straight on by the
base of the hills, and joins the Diarbekr—Erzerum route
12 to 13 m. farther on near Fis. (See 104.) This
road was passable for wheels in 1900.
The route described below is only a mule-track. It turns
up the gorge by the r. bank, the country on that side
being easier.
Zughur to r. Route traverses for 400 yds. a paved pathway
9 ft. wide.
Hazro, a village of 700 houses, chiefly of Armenians (but
compare p. 32), on a hill-side over a wide, cultivated
basin. There is a copious water-supply from springs.
Saif ed-Dln
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, an influential Kurd, resided here in
1900.
From Hazro a road, passable for wheels, goes E. and passes
through a gap in the hills to Hantuf (Hanlot) 4^ m.
farther on, whence a track runs to join the present route
at Shimshim (see below). Another track goes on through
a gorge to Fasur, forming the most direct route to that
place from Diarbekr, and crossing the Batman bridge
Lijjeh route about 1^ m. from Shailima. (See 105,
m. 23^.) It is reported to be probably passable for wheels
without much difficulty. See also 112 a (i).
Route now follows a rough hill-track leading N. over the
hills to
Shimshim, in a stony valley with stream flowing W.
Cross the stream.
Amtaka, small place with the ruins of an old town and
fort on the steep, rocky ridge to N. The track now turns
N. through the rocky gorge of a branch of the stream just
crossed.
Emerge from the gorge and join the Batman bridge
Lijjeh route (see Route 105, m. o4-|).
Lijjeh.
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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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