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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [159v] (323/530)
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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314
LAND EOUTES
ROUTE 107
DIAEBEKR—HAINI (40 M. ?)
Authority Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iv, Route 204 (Report of 1910).
This route seems to be easy except between m. 24 and m. 28, and
between m on—*... >
Miles from
Diar-
bekr
0
7
14
19
23
37 and m. 37^
24
28
364
37?
37i?
40?
Diarbekr, Follow Lijjeh road to Qadi Koi (see Route 104).
Qadi Koi. Continue N. over broad ridge between the
Tigris and the Ambar.
About here plateau ends abruptly in a flat-topped, narrow
lidge commanding country to N. Easy descent into
plain. Easy track over plain. A few small villages.
Grass in spring.
Aglimeshat, 25 houses, near spring'.
Dirnik, hamlet near spring.
Aq[ Veiran Saghir, village near spring.
Aq Veiran Eebir, village (given as 25^ m. by another
authority). Some good wells and springs, the latter
dry in summer.
Nature of country changes abruptly. Enter belt of rough
limestone country, waterless in late summer. Track
would require improvement in places for guns.
Stony area ceases. Proceed over cultivated plain.
Two good wells lined with stone, water 10 ft. below surface.
Some stone troughs for watering horses.
Proceed NE. over plain. Pass well similar to last.
Cross stream-bed, dry in August.
Eeach the Ambar Cbai, where it emerges from rocky gorge
in ridge to N. Cross stream (15 ft. wide and 6 in. deep
in August) and follow rough stone track up gorge, which
would require improving for guns. The gorge is only
50 yds. wide: boulders and trees. Pass ruins of stone
bridge.
Emerge into well-cultivated valley. Clay track. Cross
irrigation cuts.
Haini, /00 houses, mostly Armenian (but compare p. 32).
Large ^ spring of good water, irrigating the plain, and
extensive gardens and orchards.
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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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