"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [ظ‎‎٢‎٠‎٤] (٥٣٠/٤١٣)

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LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bamsat
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22i
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391
Lelia village. Direction changes to NE.
Pass Birik village. A track branches off here to the
1. passing through Qamushlu and Kokilk, small Kurdish
villages, and rejoining the present track at Kolik, m. 22^
below.
Descend, crossing several ravines. Pass Diata village.
Large valley 1^ to r.
Direction changes to NW.
Valley becomes narrower. Cross a small stream from the 1.
Cross a small stream from the r.
Several farms in broader part of the valley. Zig-zag ascent.
Pass Kevrik village. Direction changes to N.
Cross a stream running to the 1. Reach Dalasu village.
Track ascends.
Top of ascent.
Cross a stream running WSW.
Pass Qara Gol (Qara Koi ?) village. Near here a track
branches off to the r. to Gerger, crossing the Kiakhta Su
at a point where it divides into 3 channels and then
passing through several villages, over uplands covered with
much vegetation.
Cross an undulating depression.
Pass Sheikh Baba village.
Kolik village. Direction changes to NW.
Cross a water-courses. Direction changes to N.
Cross a water-course running SW.
Some low hills broken by ravines.
Qara Qush. Crazing here on meadows sloping toward
the Kiakhta Su.
Cross a Roman bridge over the Bolam Su, 112-ft. span,
56 ft. above mean water level.
Kiakhta, a strong police post and small garrison. The
houses are built close together on a platform beneath
a castle of great natural strength. The inhabitants are
mostly Kurds, with a few Armenians and Turkish
officials, and the place is the residence of a Kaimmakam.
N ote .—According to information of 1895 there is also an
easy mule-track from Samsat to Kiakhta up the r. bank
of the Euphrates, and then turning up the valley of the
Kiakhta Su. The country is open and easy and the
track though rough is passable for wheels. There is
some brushwood on the hills.
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