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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [187v] (379/530)
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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370
LAND EOUTES
distance above the junction of the river with the Euphrates. The
average depth is about 8 ft. and the breadth about 30 ft. The
current is moderate and the banks generally soft and spongy.
The country on both banks is said to be passable for wheels except
in wet weather. The burrows made by jerboas, however, make fast
movement impossible.
There are two routes to Harran; one on the E. and the other on
the W. of the stream. Both keep well away from the river owing
to the numerous canals and the soft nature of the soil. The eastern
track runs generally closer to the river, and that side of the valley
is said to be higher than on the W., while there are no lakes such
as are to be found on the W. bank. The breadth of the valley
generally varies from 1 to 3 m., but in a good many places it is as
much as 7-9 m. wide.
The territory on either bank is divided into grazing districts,
each with its own name. These tracts may be 10 m. long. Barley,
maize, rice, millet, hemp, and opium can be cultivated with success,
and it is reported that with settled government the whole district
watered by the river could, as in former days, support a large
population. At present the feuds of the Anazeh and Shammar make
development impossible. Many of the settlements are tent-villages,
and are consequently liable to alter their position from year to year.
Miles from
Baq^ali
o
5
17—
x ' 2
20i
42
45^
Eaqqah. Leave in a NE. direction.
Foyd the Belikh, which here runs in 3 channels, with
muddy bottom. Tel Sacheh. (Sabkah ?) on the E. bank.
Valley widens. Cultivation on both banks.
Track runs in an ENE. direction along a beaten path by
the river on the edge of the grassy hill-land.
Tel es-Sedd, camping-ground. Some cultivation. Track
now begins to run through desolate uninhabited country.
Nomad encampments are to be met with.
Hereabouts, apparently, near a called Hammam, the
Julab stream joins the Belikh from the N., and a
stream comes in from NE. (but see under m. 50).
Proceed N. along E. bank of Julab (?).
El-Hammam, large Turkoman village. Extensive cultiva
tion (1911). A report of 1906 says that the Turkomans
here had adopted the language, habits, and dress of the
surrounding Arabs, though some still talked a Turkish
patois among themselves.
Track now runs NW.
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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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