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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [194r] (392/530)
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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Arimeh, small Arab village on a conspicuous height. Two
Eoman milestones, attributed to a. d . 197, probably the
year in which the Koman road was completed, were
found here in 1908.
Euins in the neighbourhood.
Road now lies across a depressed plain.
In 1908 the whole of this district as far as Membij was
under the DcCirates-Samyeli, and occupied mainly by
Circassian colonists planted here by the Sultan, who
had acquired the land gradually. In ancient times the
district was the domain of the Syrian goddess Atargatis
and produced a large revenue.
Membij, Mumbij, or Bumbij, a Circassian village (T.O.) on
the site of the ancient Hierapolis, the sacred city which
was the chief centre of the worship of the nature-goddess
Atargatis.
Just inside the walls is a large pond, choked with masonry,
and showing the remains of stairs by which the worshippers
of Atargatis used to descend in order to swim out to the
altar in the middle of the pool.
The temple was sacked by Crassus on his Parthian campaign
in 53 b.c. In the third century the city was one of the
great cities of Syria, but was in ruins when the Emperor
Julian marched through to Mesopotamia in 363. Later
it fell into the hands of Chosroes I (Nushirwan the Just),
and was restored by Harun el-Rashid at the end of the
eighth century. The Crusaders captured it from the
Seljuks in the twelfth century, Saladin retook it in 1175,
and it was finally ruined by the Mongols under Hulagu.
Nearly all the remains visible are of late date.
From Membij the road lies across country thickly dotted
with villages. "Very few of these are marked on the
maps. Manqabeh. and "Wardaneli are named as two
villages on the N., and 'Ain Nakhleh. as a third on the
S. side of the road. Chad is another village in the neigh
bourhood, but whether it is on the caravan-route or on a
side track is not certain from the evidence available. It
is on the S. bank of the Sajur river, which flows E. to
join the Euphrates.
'Osheriyeh village.
Tel Ahmar on the 1. bank of the Euphrates, mound and
ruins, including Hittite and Assyrian remains.
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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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