"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎٩‎٢] (٥٣٠/١٨٨)

KOUTE 80
179
Miles from
Jeziret-
ibn-
Omar
72
77
78
To the S., 4 m. distant, is a high range called Kala Mami,
the summits thickly covered with snow in July. The
upper slopes are rounded and grassy, while the lower are
steep cliffs overhanging a stream which flows along the
N. face to join the Hazil. The southernmost peak is
Zawarra Mami. The country SE. of Zawarra Mami with
the Tannin Dagh overlooks the Khabur gorge. Between
the Dahazir Dagh and Kala Mami is a deep gap with
a col forming the watershed between the Khabur and the
Hazil. A ruined castle marks the top of the col, and
a track leads over it to Beit esh-Shebab (see Route 79,
m. 75^), but the descent on the E. side is very difficult
and steep. Mahri Nar is another peak to the S. of
Zawarra Mami overlooking the Hazil gorge. All these
mountains rise to about 11,000 ft. They are the summer
pastures of the Shir Nakhli, Goyan, and Zishirlki Kurds.
Wind along a wooded spur with numerous V-shaped
ravines on either side. Excellent grass in June soil
a rich black loam. Easy track with steady ascent. About
half-way up the spur track bifurcates, the present route
turning NE., the other branch going on to Shiv Shalil
(see Route 79, m. 88, and Ro 82).
Eound the head of some valleys, watered by tributaries of the
Bustasar stream. Soil a stony clay with a few scattered
junipers high up. Track from Maidan Jasus joins
near here. Ascend.
Col in the Dahazir Dagh. Turn N. parallel to the general
run of the ridge and in the watershed of the Bustasar
Chai. Rough rocky hills on r. round which a track leads E.
in the deep narrow valley of a tributary of the Maslro Chai.
The stream which disappears into the hill in Maidan Jasus
(see Route 82, m. 2) reappears at the head of this valley.
The ridge broadens into an upland. Continue along an
easy but stony track skirting a ravine which runs first N.
and then turns off through a gap in the ridge.
Mil-i-Hafir, stream where there is a grazing-ground used by
the Tayan Kurds, a section of the Miran. Grass withered
in August, 1900. Good springs, and the streams which
break through rocky openings in the ridge to 1. and falling
very steeply become tributaries of the Bustasar Chai.
Follow an easy clay track, rounding the head of a ravine
m 2