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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [173v] (351/530)
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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342
LAND ROUTES
Tent-village.
Reach and follow the city-ditch of Diarbekr.
Diarbekr, city gate.
EOUTE 118
URFEH—VEIRAN SHEHR (52^ M.)
Authorities:—Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iv ; Route 148 (reports of 1886 and
1902); Military Report on Arabia, Route 20 (report of 1903) ; Notes by a
traveller of 1908 ; C. Preussen, 1911.
This is a limestone region. The route before the war was apparently
passable for 2-wheeled carts and guns but not for 4-wheeled vehicles.
The most difficult part of the route is in the Tektek Dagh where the
road is rough and stony. After running through the Tektek Dagh
the track passes over level country, crossing a number of streams
flowing from the Qarajeh Dagh. Many of these have steep, cliff-like
descents on either side and would require clearing of rocks for
wheeled transport.
Except near Urfeh where villages are numerous the country is
inhabited chiefly by Milli Kurds who come up N. in summer to the
slopes of the Qarajeh Dagh in search of water for their flocks. The
heat in summer is very great and water is so scarce that at that
season this road would be useless for military operations. The lack
of water is greatest in the Tektek Dagh. Between those hills and
Urfeh some of the streams which flow from the Qarajeh Dagh may
have water even in autumn, but most of them apparently dry up in
the course of the summer. Fuel is very scarce, but grazing is good
and large numbers of horses and camels should be obtainable.
(The distances given below from the Hep. vol. iv,
appear to be under estimated. Compare Appendix, below.)
Miles from
ITrfeh.
0 Urfeh. Leave in E. by N. direction. Route proceeds over
fertile cultivated plain, by a good track fit for wheels,
which stands traffic well, over gravelly soil.
1| Sirin, 60 houses, 1 well, low hills ^ m. to 1.
Cross small stream, dry in summer.
Villages poor. Flat-roofed huts of basalt plastered with
mud.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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