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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [197r] (398/530)
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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ROUTE 141a
(m
389
Jazili
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, 20 houses, on 1. Wells.
Pass Mazanta village, 2 m. to r.
Three houses on r. Well.
Tirkih, 10 houses. Well.
Selminjik, 10 houses, on r. Well.
Pass Sheikh Bujah village, ^ m. to 1.
Arajuram, 35 houses, on r. Wells.
Yona, 40 houses, on 1. Water from the Wassa river and
wells. .
Wassa river crosses from 1. In autumn, 18 ft. wide, ft.
deep; current, 1| m.p.h. Its bed is 100 yds. from
bank to bank, and it would be impassable in flood-time.
The banks are 80 ft. high, and steep ; much work would
be required to make a cart-road here.
Direction ENE. over practically open plain.
Pass Yenzipan village, 2 m. to r.
Kilanz, 45 houses, on 1. Wells.
Wassala, 40 houses, on 1. Water from wells and the Sajur
river.
Sajur river crosses from 1. In autumn, 30 ft. wide, 1 ft.
deep, current 2 m.p.h. It would be impassable in
flood time, and its banks and bed are similar to those of
the Wassa (m. 39).
Kannab, 15 houses, to 1. Water from river Sajur and
wells. From this point turn sharp to 1., and march over
open undulating plain in an ENE. direction by a rather
stony track. To m. 56 there is a general slight up-grade
with gentle undulations; thence to Jerablus there is
a general slight down-grade, interrupted, however, by
ascents and descents over broken hills. Carts on this
stretch of the road would find difficulty owing to grades
and stones.
Cross Birijik—Aleppo caravan-track 139) and T.L.
Shibil, 20 houses, on r. Wells.
G-ach village, 1 m. to 1.
Gechili, 10 houses, on 1.
Mohu, 15 houses, on 1. Wells, 30 ft. deep.
Pass Shitbik village, 2 m. to 1.
Pass Germish village, 2 m. to 1.
Pass Alayuz village, 1 m. to r.
Stream crosses from r., with flow of 400 gall. p.h. ; not
very good water.
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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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