"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٩] (٥٣٠/٢٦٣)

254
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Mosul
48
48i
48i
50
50i
51
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54
55
57
62
Cross Wadi Ibreh with abundant water (December). On
the farther side, cultivation extending to the Wadi
Mujeirat (m. 51).
Site of deserted village of Ibreh. (1907).
Tel Ibreh (called by local Arabs in 1880 Khirbet Seyyid
Kleb). The tel contains some modern cave-dwellings.
Stream running SE. is crossed (this is apparently the
Wadi Sharai, and seems to be the small boggy stream'
described by a recent authority as a branch of the Wadi
Ibreh lying 2^ m. from it).
Tel er-Rus, a few hundred yards to S. of track.
Stream flowing SE. is crossed. This is apparently the Wadi
Mujeirat, but a recent authority mentions the Jibbareh
Chai as a small, boggy stream 3-| m. from the Wadi Ibreh.
Tel Abu Fuseikeh lies apparently about m. to the
N. on the r. bank of the Wadi Sharai. Cultivation and
small villages near it.
Cultivation apparently ceases in this neighbourhood.
Ain esh-Sharid, ruin-field, and spring near which is some
cultivation. Low ridge running W. begins on N. It is
1-2 m. from the track.
Between this point and m. 57 are several water-courses.
Apparently in this neighbourhood (2^ hrs.' ride from
Wadi el-Ibreh) lies the spring of 'Ain Tineh, under the
ridge to the N., ^ hr.'s ride WSW. of it is said to lie
the four springs of 'Ain el-Ghassan, luke-warm and
sulphurous.
To SSW. from e Ain el-Ghassan, about one day ? s march distant, is
seen a hill called Tel Tartar, in which a tepid sulphurous spring
takes its rise. This spring was believed by a traveller of 1880 to
be the head of the Tartar river. Other springs feeding the Tartar
seem to lie near Beled Sinjar.
Wadi containing water (December). This wadi is appa
rently a short distance W. of 'Ain el-Ghassan.
El-Khan, ruins of a large khan beside the track. Springs
in the neighbourhood called El-Hararat, or 'Ain el-
Khan. In 1906 the Mendikan tribe was encamped here.
The bulk of the tribe are Yezidi by religion, but the
Sheikhs and some of the families are Moslem. Ground
from about here to Beled Sinjar was reported as very
soft in January, 1880, owing to the melting of snow on
the hills.