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Route No. 10.
The two routes from Bagdad to Mosul are the great lines leading from
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Kurdistan.
Bagdad, KirRi, Keekuk, Altun Kiupri, Eebtl, to Mosul.
Authority and date —Gerard, 1882.
No
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istance in
miles.
Inter
mediate,
Total.
E emaeks.
B agdad
J edaida
Z edaida.
D eli A bbas
18
15
33
K ara I apa
K ifri
28
18
33
66
22
116
Leave Bagdad bj north gate; after 3J miles cul
tivation ceases, level desert; 11 miles Khan-i-
Budan ; 18 miles, water-cuts, marshy to left,
then Kala-i-Tinai fort; ruined villages ; then ap
proach Tigris.
Jedaida, palm groves, extensive village ; cross
bog^y gr nnd with some cultivation ; 2 miles,
boat-bridge over water-cut; 3J miles, end of gar
dens, bank of Tigris ; then over cultivated plain ;
many villages in palm groves; 11 miles, Banat
Hussein ; 13 miles, brick bridge over canal ;
then
Zedaida, large village among trees ; supplies abun
dant about here. Cross irrigated ground for 3
or 4 miles, then desert; at 10 miles some culti
vation, boggy places; 16 miles Tamila, better
cultivation ; then approach the Diala and fol
low its right bank past Mohamed Seraya, and
some villages on other bank ; at 27 miles barren
ground, deep water-cuts with narrotv bridges,
to
Deli Abbas, a large village of 70 houses; brick
bridge over stream ; plenty of supplies. Route
runs north, and soon enters desert country, reach
ing the hills at 6 miles ; 9 miles Suenna ; at 14
miles route reaches summit of Narin range (600
feet), fairly easy going, descent to plain in 2
more miles on other side; at 21 miles cross
Narin River by brick bridge of five arches ; thence
across flat, partially cultivated plain to
Kara Tapa, a large village of 100 houses. Country
of the Hamawand Kurds. Vineyards. Eoute
runs north-east; after 5 miles cross a ridge, and
then brick bridge over stream, and a little fur
ther brick bridge of three arches over Chitshand ;
then gradually ascend past Zerdan and Timshan
into hills, at 20 miles crest ; then descend to
partially cultivated plain, on which is
Kifri. Eoute runs north-west over grass country
for 8 miles, hills to right, where the Khorassai
is crossed; then over grassy plain for 9 miles,
hills to right, where cultivation begins, and lasts
totheTuz Kurmati River in a wide, gravelly bed;
most of the water diverted for irrigation, easily
crossed.