"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٥٣٠/٢٧١)

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LAND ROUTES
Miles from
J ezlret-
ibn-
'Omar
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n
2"
7|
10i
12
13i
15
16
17
19
20
20i
22
23i
Jeziret-ibn-Omar. Cross arm of the Tigris by a wooden
bridge (weak in 1907) on stone piers.
Track reaches 1. bank of a small stream, the Saklan Ohai:
bed 100 yds. wide, bottom stony. In early autumn it is
mainly dry, but contains pools at intervals.
Cross to r. bank of stream. The stream is 100 to 400 ft.
below level of country to W. Gradual ascent by zigzag
path to
Crest, 1,450 ft.
Arnabat, 1^ m. to r.
Winding track over undulating country to-
Kani Sifra (or Kani Sipi, or Kanispi), a Kurdish village
of 30 houses. Cultivation watered by a spring. The
traveller who takes the southerly route gives this village
as m. on left. He also mentions Bazif, a deserted
village, as m. beyond Kani Sifra on 1., and Killist,
village of 15 houses, as 2 m. beyond Bazif on 1.
Over boulder-strewn ground to
Derbajia, village of 15 to 30 houses, 2 wells, on 1. Dimbel,
10 houses, off road to 1., ^ m. from Derbajia.
Gliizhel (also called Gujal and Gijali), village of 15-20
houses, on 1.
Sivik, village 15 to 20 houses, on L, well.
Ehelaui, village of 20 houses, on 1., 4 springs, 1 well.
Guriakazila about 1 m. on r.
Cross Safan Chai, 10 yds. wide, bank 60 ft., stony bottom.
The stream is small, but even in early autumn has a flow
of 20,000 gals. p.h. Near it is the village of Safan,
20 to 40 houses, with village of Zergnz to r.
Deserted village on 1. (1903).
Tel-i-Bel, village of 30 houses. Located by 1903 authority
on r., 10 springs. Located by another authority on 1.
Tel-i-Bel is given as 6 hrs. from Jezlret-ibn-'Omar.
The southerly route diverges to the 1. at or beyond
Tel-i-Bel.
Cross a small stream.
Megammar (Mergemekr ?), ruined village, 5 min. on r.
Ford B>emel Chai, small stream with rocky bottom, un-
bridged. This stream is placed by one authority at 2| m.
from Megammar and 2 m. from Narinja.
Pass Dupikh, small ruined village.