"تقرير عسكري عن بلاد الرافدين (العراق)" [و‎‎١‎١] (٢٢٦/٢٦)

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(Joinmunication.-— (i) Hoad.—To Tel Afar and Mosul
via Ain Ghazal; fit for L.A.M. cars in dry
weather.
To Tel Afar-Mosul via Ain Sino and Khan Hararat;
ht tor pack.
IV- 11 ', al Z ° r; for i ord vans in dry weather,
io Nisibin via Samokho; fit for A.T. carts. Arab
arabanas use this route frequently.
( 11 ) By Signal. From hill north-east of town and from
house in town helio signalling to Political
bungalow, lei Afar, is possible,
there is no telegraph or post office.
Umding Grounds. —There is no space available for such
m the immediate vicinity of the town. Possibly a landing
f mii n e d S o C u°th d of " plai “ wuth ° f Sai ' dens '
Camping Grounds.—C&mving grounds exist for one
cavalry regiment on threshing floors immediately south of
town and for one cavalry regiment on hill north-west of
town Billets for one company are available in school
and houses of town. South of gardens camping ground
is unlimited about 2 miles from town.
Jrf//cm^m^W.-Until May, 1920, Balad Sinffir was
headquarters of a nahiyah in the Tel Afar qadha It
has now been made headquarters of a qaimmaqam.
KismiN.—Nisibin is situated on the right bank of the
daghjaghah Su, about 55 miles west-south-west of Jazirat-
nm-Omar. Nisibin in Roman times formed a most
important outpost of their eastern empire. It bore high
reputation for its river, gardens and cereals, but its
amenities were somewhat overshadowed by the existence
of numerous scorpions and mosquitoes.
The modern town is small and stands in the plain,
ough immediately north of it the surface rises gradually
to foothills of the Tur Abdin plateau. South of Nisibin
fhe Jaghjaghah flows in three channels, spanned by an
old bndge of stone of twelve arches, serviceable b/t fit
aucinf r T PaC ^q rai ; Sp 0 u t - T esfc of the town is situated an
< cient Jacobite church and to south-west the ruins of the
old town There are only a few stone houses, the majority
being flat-roofed mud hovels. The Aleppo railway has its
th™ 1 m U o S st ln nf N Jb )m i- alt 5 OUgl i 1 recent re Ports indicate
that most of this line has been either destroyed or
ismantled. The station lies a few miles north of the
hTr^ck, K pT by the Turkish milit . ar y authorities as
acks. Railway communication has been suspended