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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [182r] (368/530)
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 125, 126
359
Miles from
Deir
ez-Zor
1561
157
160
Tel Tartab and Tel Teratib to r.
Tel Paris to 1. Scattered village on the slopes which had
been recently built in 1893.
Nisibin.
EOUTE 126
MARDIN—RAS EL-AIN (56 m.)
Authorities : —Taylor in Journal of the R vol. xxxv, 1865
(journeys of 1861-3) ; Military Report on Route 21 (journey of 1903).
Hinrichs (journey of 1911).
There is said to be a well-used road between Mardln and Ras el-
Ain, but it is not clear which of the alternatives below is the more
important. The first few miles are very rough and steep, but after
the plain is reached there do not appear to be any serious difficulties.
Water is probably scarce in the l.w. season when the
are dry, and no supplies or fuel are available.
The stage (reversed) from m. 56 to m. 12f probably represents
approximately part of a Turkish line of march between Ras-el-Ain,
Nisibin and Mosul reported in January 1916. The marching time
from Ras el-Ain to Tel Ermen was given in two stages of 7 hrs.
each. From Tel Ermen the march was continued to Amudeh
{Route 94, m. 17), leaving Mardln to the N.
The railway from Ras el-Ain has reached Tel Ermen (Feb. 1917).
Miles from
Mardin
o
3
7~
' 2
9|
12|
m
Mardin. Descend by a steep rocky road.
Reach the Mesopotamian plain.
Khirzum village to r. on the Ghurs river which rises behind
the Jebel Grhurs about 20 m. distant and falls into the
Serjan Su.
Cross to the r. bank of the Ghurs stream near Ain Mish-
mish. village.
Goch. Hisar near Tel Ermen (see Route .116 b, m. 49).
Ford the Ghurs near the village. The stream here
makes a bend E. Track now across level plain.
Korijeh. and Hori mounds on the 1. bank of the Zirgan
Su which flows round the W. base of the mounds in
a semi-circle.
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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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