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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [177r] (358/530)
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 120 a, b
349
Miles from
Urfeh
o
4
8|
10
10i
111
13
14
143
4
16|
20i
21
24i
26
Urfeh. Follow the T.L. by a stony track over undulating
cultivated country, rising gradually.
Alt. 1,980 ft. Follow valley falling S. and SE.
Cross stream at bottom of valley, 10 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep;
good water from a spring.
Qara Koprii, 40 houses in centre of valley, which is here
m. wide, between steep, stony hills. At, or somewhere
beyond, this place Boute 120 a and T.L. apparently
diverge to 1. From the village keep r. of valley. Cross
wide valley falling NW., full of vineyards and hamlets.
Enter narrow valley in hills.
Summit, 2,620 ft. Cross bare, chalky, grass hills (March),
passable for guns with difficulty.
Wide valley falling NW., covered with vineyards. Plenty
of vine-branch fuel (March).
Village : 10 houses, small spring. Alt. 2,400 ft.
Small dry chalk stream; small village with well, water
6 ft. down. Chalk hills with limestone cap on 1.
Two small villages down-stream, 1 and 1-| m. to r.
Summit of a ridge. 2,390 ft. Descend valley falling E.
Anzeleh (or 'Ain Zelli). Cross small stream 10 ft. wide,
•| ft. deep ; very good water. A large spring ^ m. above
village and another at head of valley. Patches of wheat
and groves of poplars.
Cross a ridge. Summit, 2,420 ft. Wide valley, cultivated,
falling SE. and cultivated at bottom.
Dibihasar, small village, 20 houses, m. to r. Cross numer
ous ravines and hills of reddish clay and limestone falling
to main stream to Dibihasar.
Aq. Veiran, small village, good well, water 15 ft. down.
Follow main stream of valley, dry here, but with many
springs of good water ^ m. up.
Qarapiyar, small village -J- m. to 1. on hill. Good track over
stony grass hills ; difficult for guns and cavalry. 3 good
springs giving the best water on this route.
Head of valley, 2,470 ft. Cross undulating plateau, falling
to 1. Euined tower on hill ^ m. to r. Follow narrow
valley between hills 500 ft. high.
Yaghli Mussa (Aghla Mus), small Kurd village; a little
wheat cultivation. 1 well, good water. Follow valley
down and then ascend.
Summit. Cross stony hills by good track.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
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