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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [204r] (412/530)
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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ROUTES 147, 148
403
Miles from
Samsat
79
88
95
108|
76
914
102
1074
1101
119i
Cross the Aq. Su. From this point to m, 95 the track is
probably fit for pack-animals only.
Biiyiik Kajjar.
Join the Marash-Malatiyeh chau and follow it to
Mar'ash.
(ii) A southern route. This passes through easy country,
and could be made passable for wheels throughout with
little difficulty. Water and supplies are available in
fair quantities. Besides the villages named in the
following summary, a number of other villages lie
near the route.
Jerid.
Baghdin.
Cross the Aq Sn.
Fit Ashaghi.
Join the Mar'ash-'Aintab chaussee and follow it to
Mar'ash.
From a point near m. 79 on the northern route, above,
there is a route SW. along the valley of the Aq Su
to Baghdin (m. 91^ on the southern route); it is not
known whether it is passable for wheels. The distance
is 15 m.
ROUTE 148
SAMSAT—KIAKHTA (39^ M.)
Authority : —Humann and Puchstein, 1882.
This track crosses fairly easy country, though it is not stated
whether the road is passable for wheels. Water is fairly plentiful,
but there is no evidence as to other supplies. The country is on the
whole fertile, but largely uncultivated.
Miles from
Samsat
o
p 1
%
2|
Sanisat. Leave in a N. direction. Track ascends. Pass
a mound.
Reach the edge of the Euphrates valley. Direction changes
to NW.
Direction changes to N.
Pass Khonuf, small Kurdish village.
Pass a village.
c c 2
I
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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.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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