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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [201v] (407/530)
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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398
LAND EOUTES
Miles__from
Rum
Qarab
71.
' 2
12
13
15i
17|
20
23
27i
30|
34|
35i
Leave the Euphrates and reach Kakhtin or Sijaq village
on the r. side of the Kushtam valley through which the
track runs. Occasional vine cultivation. Rock-formation
marble, with here and there chalk and limestone.
Kushtam village, a few flat-roofed huts.
Two springs near one another, forming a small stream.
Leave the Kushtam valley and enter another small valley.
Enter another valley, the Sinek Derail, which apparently
runs to the Euphrates.
Pass Jazil village, m. to 1.
Track ascends along the r. side of the valley.
Kliiim (see Boute 145 a, m. 21-|).
Cross the Sinek Su by ford or bridge, and pass a small
ziyaret on hill to r.
Track now runs through vineyards, and crosses the Quyu
Dereh (valley).
Ascend a stony, rough gully to cross a low rocky hill.
Arim Koi, 1-| m. to 1. Track crosses a rich plain.
Arul village, 50 houses and khan, at the foot of a round
hill. Good spring. Large olive plantation and vine
yards.
Leave the valley. Track now through undulating country,
sloping S. Scrub on hills, but no wood.
Two vaulted cisterns with water reached by steps.
Well with trees, on r., approached up a winding valley with
stream dry in summer. Descend to a marshy plain;
wide muddy track through cultivation.
Sandstone quarries. Wide stony and winding track, at
base of low hills, to
'Aintab.
EOUTE 145 c
RUM QAL'AH—'AINTAB (40^ m.)
Via H aji M okleh
Authority : —Hinriehs, 1911.
The route runs generally through hill country, and is for the most
part stony. There do not appear to be any serious ascents or descents,
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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)
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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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