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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [168v] (341/530)
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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332
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Rum
Qal'ah
44i
48
50
51
53i
564
61
63
64
67±
69
m
72
74
79
Soil, chalky clay well cultivated; several villages near
river.
Jemsina (Jimjimeh), ^ m. to 1. Follow a 10-ft. field track,
muddy after rain.- Eiver 100 to 150 yds. wide. Current
3 to 4 m. p. h., between banks of shingle or low cliffs.
Cross ravine from r. with steep ascent for 300 yds.
Samsat visible on far bank, 1 m. to 1.
Qantareh, Kurdish village a little above Samsat. Boat
ferry.
From Qantareh follow a dusty track 30 ft. wide, muddy
in rain, across level valley on which are a few villages.
Nidar (Lidar?), Kurdish village, 100 houses. On opposite
bank hills rise steeply.
Mayan. Valley, 2 m. wide, bordered with chalk cliffs.
Cross some small streams generally in ravines with steep
descent and ascent.
Valley narrows. Eiver 80-100 yds. wide.
Skirt border cliffs, following in places a narrow ledge cut
in the cliff.
Baghcheh, a few huts of Kurds. Pine gardens and
orchards. Turkish scarcely understood (1886).
Keshan (Khojan), ferry of one boat. Kiakhta Su joins on
r. bank. About 10 m. up its valley closes in with rocky
slopes, beyond which a higher range is visible.
Some rapids in Euphrates above the junction. Follow
a path 3 to 6 ft. wide at foot of cliffs.
Pass Amaran, on a plentiful stream. Valley widens to
7 m. Eiver flows in a well-marked course; villages
and gardens on the slopes.
Turn up side valley well cultivated and watered by 2
plentiful streams.
Ascend steeply out of valley and strike across gently
undulating plain. Broad easy track.
Hashin, 100 huts in a ravine with a few fields and
vineyards. Alt. 1,600 ft. Small spring near. Beyond
the river to N. is a difficult rocky country.
From Hashin to Mishmishln route goes through a fertile
but sparsely populated district. Time 3| hrs.
Descend into a narrow valley bounded by rocky cliffs
100 ft. high. A 6-ft. stream in the valley and springs
in the cliff.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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