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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [161r] (326/530)
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 108, 109
317
Miles from
Diar-
"bekr
124
18
24
27
27i
31
334
3^-
36
38|
Water from a
Eoad trends more W., the river going N.
Pass Snnon, some houses on a mound,
shallow well. Less cultivation.
Enter shallow valley with steep sides. Descent lin 12-15 for
a short way. Cross the Deveh. Gechid Su, a tributary
of the Tigris, by a masonry bridge 145 yds. long, with
2 main and 5 subsidiary arches. There were only a few
inches of water in the river in November. A khan near
the bridge.
Cross a smaller stream (one of the minor streams forming
the Qizil Chibuq Chai) flowing towards the Euphrates.
The plain is scantily cultivated, except for millet-fields
near the villages. The soil is fertile with good grass in
the spring, without trees or shrubs.
Pass Qara Khan, a poor village. Half-a-dozen small
villages on the plain. The ground is better cultivated.
Stacks of millet stalks round the villages in November
for fodder and firewood. Numerous flocks of sheep.
To W. the plain extends a considerable distance, to E,
the outliers of the hills are a mile off.
Tarmil, a few miserable burrows, with surface wells.
Some larger villages on the plain.
Cross a low hill by a col. Alt. 2,680 ft. Roadway 20 ft.
wide, with easy gradient 1 in 15-20. Descend gently,
crossing basin among low hills draining towards the
Tigris.
Bridge of two arches over watercourse 50 ft. wide, dry in
November. Road gently undulating. Millet cultivation
on plain.
Bagur (alt. 2,800 ft.), with spring and khan.
'Osmaniyeh, some farms and T.O. This is used as a halting-
place, Arghana being off the road to the 1. 5 khans,
20 houses. A few sheep are kept.
There is a track from Arghana through Chermuk
Severek.
Cross a well-tilled plateau.
Road becomes stony for a short distance. Skirt
border of the Arghana hill, where the chaussee is
in the shaley hill-side.
Cross a col (alt. 3,500 ft.), and wind down the 1. side of
a rocky valley. Roadway 20 ft. wide, cut out of the hill.
to
the
cut
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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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