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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [266] (275/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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266
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Erbil
22-1-
23
26?
Going heavy in wet
Hujaran, 15 houses of Hoshnau Kurds immediately on
the r. of the track. Valley running up into the hill on
the r. At its head on N . is principal peak of Sef in Dagh.
Grove of trees.
Top of a small pass. Koad bends E.
weather.
Shakhlawa village, at the foot of the northern precipices
of a mountain with the same name. There are 230
houses of Kurds, 130 of Christians, and 6 of Jews. The
Jews are weavers, the Kurds and Christians cultivators
and muleteers, and also weavers. Poplars are grown for
timber, and planes and mulberries grow to a great size.
Wheat, barley, mash, and are grown, and some
cotton, sesame, and a little tobacco. Fruits include
grapes, apples, pears, and mulberries. There are some
magnificent clear springs on the hill-side which drive
five flour-mills and water the orchards, vineyards, and
woods that extend down into a valley below the village.
The place is sometimes used as a summer resort by
Europeans from Mosul.
In spite of all its resources, however, it is said to have
a poverty-stricken appearance.
Lorimer's times from Erbil to the principal points thus
far are:—
hrs.
Erbil ... 0
Pirzln
Mulla 'Omar
Pass (m. 17f)
Shakhlawa
mm.
0
25
46
16
20
27|
29
Track descends a stony lane to a valley. Near the foot
of the descent it crosses a stream coming down from
Shakhlawa.
Derbend Soraq, gap in a red ridge parallel to the hills
behind Shakhlawa. All the drainage of Shakhlawa and
its valley appears to escape through this gap. The
highest peak of Sefln Dagh is about 3 m. S.
Cross to r. bank of the Ru Soraq, the stream which issues
from Derbend Soraq. It is of varying depth, flows
rapidly westward, probably to join the Great Zab, and
has a breadth of 5-10 yds.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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