"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٧] (٥٣٠/٣٥٨)

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ROUTES 120 a, b
349
Miles from
Urfeh
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10
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143
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24i
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Urfeh. Follow the T.L. by a stony track over undulating
cultivated country, rising gradually.
Alt. 1,980 ft. Follow valley falling S. and SE.
Cross stream at bottom of valley, 10 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep;
good water from a spring.
Qara Koprii, 40 houses in centre of valley, which is here
m. wide, between steep, stony hills. At, or somewhere
beyond, this place Boute 120 a and T.L. apparently
diverge to 1. From the village keep r. of valley. Cross
wide valley falling NW., full of vineyards and hamlets.
Enter narrow valley in hills.
Summit, 2,620 ft. Cross bare, chalky, grass hills (March),
passable for guns with difficulty.
Wide valley falling NW., covered with vineyards. Plenty
of vine-branch fuel (March).
Village : 10 houses, small spring. Alt. 2,400 ft.
Small dry chalk stream; small village with well, water
6 ft. down. Chalk hills with limestone cap on 1.
Two small villages down-stream, 1 and 1-| m. to r.
Summit of a ridge. 2,390 ft. Descend valley falling E.
Anzeleh (or 'Ain Zelli). Cross small stream 10 ft. wide,
•| ft. deep ; very good water. A large spring ^ m. above
village and another at head of valley. Patches of wheat
and groves of poplars.
Cross a ridge. Summit, 2,420 ft. Wide valley, cultivated,
falling SE. and cultivated at bottom.
Dibihasar, small village, 20 houses, m. to r. Cross numer
ous ravines and hills of reddish clay and limestone falling
to main stream to Dibihasar.
Aq. Veiran, small village, good well, water 15 ft. down.
Follow main stream of valley, dry here, but with many
springs of good water ^ m. up.
Qarapiyar, small village -J- m. to 1. on hill. Good track over
stony grass hills ; difficult for guns and cavalry. 3 good
springs giving the best water on this route.
Head of valley, 2,470 ft. Cross undulating plateau, falling
to 1. Euined tower on hill ^ m. to r. Follow narrow
valley between hills 500 ft. high.
Yaghli Mussa (Aghla Mus), small Kurd village; a little
wheat cultivation. 1 well, good water. Follow valley
down and then ascend.
Summit. Cross stony hills by good track.