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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [194v] (393/530)
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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384
LAND KOUTES
ROUTE 138
Miles from
Membij
o
3
6
7^
* 4
Hi
141
18|
19i
MEMBIJ—QAL'AT EN-NEJM (19^ M.)
Authority ; —E. Sachau (journey of 1879).
Membij.
Highest point between Membij and Qal'at en-Nejm. Hill
called Jebel Dur Dada, 1,000-1,500 ft. high, about 3 m. S.
This hill has two peaks. On the northern and higher
are ruins. ^ m. distant is the NE. end of the Jebel
es-Sirj.
Abu Ghalghal, hill about 2-| m. S. A little E. is Jebel
Qishlaq, a ridge with 3 or 4 peaks running roughly N. and
S. A little N. of this ridge is another called Jebel es-
Sandeliyeh.
Well; tent-villages in the neighbourhood.
The valleys between the ridges round are well cultivated,
and produce corn, wheat, and barley.
Track here runs NE.
From this point the track descends gradually to the
Euphrates.
Ruins of a Mohammedan cemetery.
Qal'at en-Nejm.
ROUTE 139
ALEPPO—BIRIJIK (73 m.)
Via A kiiterin
Authorities:— Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iv, Route 144, 145 (report of 1886);
some recent information.
This route is passable for wheels, and is probably still the main
caravan-route towards Urfeh and Diarbekr, though the route by
El-Bab, Membij, and Tel Ahmar, abandoned for some years owing to
the unsettled state of the country, has been coming into use again
recently. For the line of the railway which runs from Aleppo to
Jerablus see p. 412.
Agriculture has been considerably developed between Aleppo and
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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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- '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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