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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [191r] (386/530)
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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EOUTES 133, 134
377
Miles from
Meske-
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53
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Track now runs NW,
Keach the foot of a ridge and enter a narrow valley. After
emerging on the other side descend steeply.
The river conies in sight again.
Keach the river at Churres, Turkoman village. There are
said to be several Kurdish settlements to E.
Track still runs NW. passing several villages.
Road now over a well-cultivated plateau.
Tel Ahmar on 1. by the river, opposite mouth of the Saiur
Chai.
Cross the Urfeh—Tel Ahmar caravan-route (see 124)
near Easmiyeh village.
Ilijak, Turkoman village on a strong stream.
Cultivation by irrigation canals.
Direction now NNW.
Leave the fertile plain and ascend on to an uncultivated
plateau.
Jerablus railway bridge apparently lies about W. of this
point (see p. 416), and the railway is crossed further on
(perhaps 2 or 3 m.). Route 129 b is also crossed.
Settlement on a small watercourse to r.
Descend a steep valley past two mills.
Reach the cultivated river-valley.
From this point the road runs along the river-bank and is
easy as far as Birijik. In 1911 it had been improved in
places. Cultivation wherever the hills leave room for
it along the river.
Cross a stone bridge.
Road now runs through gardens.
Birijik.
ROUTE 134
QAL'AT EN-NEJM—BIRIJIK (45 M.)
Via THE R. BANK OF THE EUPHRATES
Authority: —E. Sachau (journey of 1879).
The track between Qal'at en-Nejm and the mouth of the Sajur
Chai does not lie along the river but through the hills, usually out
of sight of the river. The country in 1879 was monotonous and
uninhabited, without trace of earlier settlements.
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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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