!['Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎195r] (394/530)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045636.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_6_0394.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎195r] (394/530)")
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [195r] (394/530)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
EOUTES 138, 139
385
the Euphrates during the last generation, and fair supplies could
probably be got, more than the details given below suggest. There
is also a good water-supply, but little or no fuel, except tezeli and
scrub.
An alternative route for the first stage, also passable for wheels,
follows the 1. bank of the Kuweik, and running through undulating
country joins the route detailed here at the Jisr el-Mudhlq, m. 19f.
A T.L. (2 wires) follows this route.
Another alternative, rather more direct, passes through Batuz and
Bera'ah, 5 m. E. of Akhterin, and joins the present route some miles
farther on.
Aleppo. Leave by the bridge over the Kuweik Su at the
N. end of the town and turn along the r. bank of the
river, through gently undulating, cultivated country.
Pass a masonry cistern ; good water. The country becomes
more stony and less cultivated. No trees or shrubs.
Pass Mnslimiyeh to r. Deep well.
Pass Felfin to r.
Pass Tahun-i-Zeit, a few huts with a mill.
The Kuweik Su is here a shallow stream (12 ft. wide in
November). Eoad skirts the r. bank.
Cross the Jisr el-Mudhiq, a bridge of 5 low arches over
the stream. For alternative route to this place from
Aleppo, see introduction, above.
Eoadway 6 ft. wide. Cultivation in patches as far as
Killis. Gently undulating country.
Pass Qutein, a few huts.
Akhterin, 50 huts with domed roofs. Water from wells.
Tesek used for fuel. Killis is about 20 m. NW. (320°)
from here, and several field tracks lead to it. An easy
route leads to Azaz, and thence to the Alexandretta
chaussee.
Cross a flat fertile plain with wheat cultivation.
Pass Chamelu, 20 huts.
Tel e Ar, 30 houses. Water from wells 6 or 8 ft. below
the surface. Some small flocks and herds.
Alt. 1,750 ft. Stony undulations.
Large villages on both sides.
Pass Kadineh, 30 huts.
Pass Khulu (Khabil Oghlu?), a few huts. Wells with
water 15 ft. below the surface.
MES. IV b b
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [195r] (394/530), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x0000c3> [accessed 12 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x0000c3
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x0000c3">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎195r] (394/530)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x0000c3"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045636.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_6_0394.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045636.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence