"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [ظ‎‎٢‎٠‎٣] (٥٣٠/٤١١)

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LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Samsat
57
57^
59i
614
67
67^
68|
69i
75|
774
Cross a valley running S. Skirt bare and rocky hill to N.
Soil white limestone.
Pass small village close to r.
Jenzerlu (alt. 2,800 ft.), 60 Kurdish houses. Water from
wells.
A good road with easy gradient crosses here SE. and over
the hills opposite.
Track now level. Pass a good well.
Alt. 2,650 ft. XJzun Qiiyn | m. to N. Cross a fairly flat
open valley sloping slightly SE. joining the Deghirmen
valley. Easy country, well cultivated.
Cross a low stony ridge ; difficult track. An alternative
road seems to pass S. of this track and is much easier.
Skirt the lower slopes of the Kara Quyu Dagh. Oak
scrub all round. Several tracks here, one apparently
making a detour of 2 or 3 m. somewhat to the N.
Cross low hills.
Cross ridge of the Gedikli Dagli, which trends S. Stony
track.
Fair cultivation. Pass small spring and stream flowing SE.
Cross a valley at the head of which is Kiichiik Naserli,
li m. distant. The valley of the Deghirmen Chai is to
SE., being formed by the junction of two others.
Cross a ridge running N. and S., the watershed between the
Aq Su and the Deghirmen Chai. Direction W.
Belveren, about 100 houses (alt. 3,200 ft.) in a valley
on the banks of a stream of the same name. It is an
important point on the caravan-route from Aintab to
Malatiyeh via Pelvereh and Surgu, and is the seat of
a Mudir.
The Belveren Chai rises in low hills 1-| m. NE. of the village
and runs into the Aq Su. N. and W. are low hills. The
distances from this point are uncertain.
There are apparently two possible routes between Belveren
and Mar c ash, with a cross-route connecting them. (For
details, see Handbook of Cilic &c,, in preparation.)
(i) A northern route. It is not known to what extent this
is passable for wheels, but it strikes the Mar'ash-Malatiyeh
chaussee 13f m. from Mar'ash. Continuing mileage from
Belveren, this route runs as follows;—
Kiya Olmaz.
Charkes Koi,
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