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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [203v] (411/530)
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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402
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Samsat
57
57^
59i
614
67
67^
68|
69i
75|
774
Cross a valley running S. Skirt bare and rocky hill to N.
Soil white limestone.
Pass small village close to r.
Jenzerlu (alt. 2,800 ft.), 60 Kurdish houses. Water from
wells.
A good road with easy gradient crosses here SE. and over
the hills opposite.
Track now level. Pass a good well.
Alt. 2,650 ft. XJzun Qiiyn | m. to N. Cross a fairly flat
open valley sloping slightly SE. joining the Deghirmen
valley. Easy country, well cultivated.
Cross a low stony ridge ; difficult track. An alternative
road seems to pass S. of this track and is much easier.
Skirt the lower slopes of the Kara Quyu Dagh. Oak
scrub all round. Several tracks here, one apparently
making a detour of 2 or 3 m. somewhat to the N.
Cross low hills.
Cross ridge of the Gedikli Dagli, which trends S. Stony
track.
Fair cultivation. Pass small spring and stream flowing SE.
Cross a valley at the head of which is Kiichiik Naserli,
li m. distant. The valley of the Deghirmen Chai is to
SE., being formed by the junction of two others.
Cross a ridge running N. and S., the watershed between the
Aq Su and the Deghirmen Chai. Direction W.
Belveren, about 100 houses (alt. 3,200 ft.) in a valley
on the banks of a stream of the same name. It is an
important point on the caravan-route from Aintab to
Malatiyeh via Pelvereh and Surgu, and is the seat of
a Mudir.
The Belveren Chai rises in low hills 1-| m. NE. of the village
and runs into the Aq Su. N. and W. are low hills. The
distances from this point are uncertain.
There are apparently two possible routes between Belveren
and Mar c ash, with a cross-route connecting them. (For
details, see Handbook of Cilic &c,, in preparation.)
(i) A northern route. It is not known to what extent this
is passable for wheels, but it strikes the Mar'ash-Malatiyeh
chaussee 13f m. from Mar'ash. Continuing mileage from
Belveren, this route runs as follows;—
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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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