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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [285] (294/432)
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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KOUTES 45 a, b
285
Miles from
Mosul
88|
894
Cross a stream and ascend steeply about 300 ft. up the
other side of the ravine.
Gardagard Pass. Balakyan Hill is now m. to NW. ? just
above the gorge of the Eowanduz Chai and just beyond it.
Peak of Kurek Dagh 1-| m. WSW.
The track now descends to Eowanduz.
Rowanduz.
In 1888 the following track led from Rowanduz to the summit of the Serde-
riyeh Pass (m. 83^). Its relation to the track described above between
Darakasab and Rowanduz cannot be exactly determined. The time is 64 min.
longer than Lorimer's time from Rowanduz to Darakasab.
Hrs. min.
0 0
0 19
0 23
0 33
0 48
1 3
1 8
35
51
28
Rowanduz (alt. 1 ? 500 ft.). Ascend.
Summit of ridge over town. Alt. 2,260 ft. Skirt gardens and
orchards well fenced ; follow a good metalled road 15 ft. wide
for a short distance. T. L. to Mosul here near road, but diverges
later.
Qal c ali Teluk, 50 scattered houses. 30-ft. track between ridges.
Spring on summit, but the water is not so good as that of the
river. Along broad stone track, ascending a rounded ridge.
Khanikhur, 60 huts, J m. to 1. in orchards and vineyards.
Cross ridge over shaly rock. Alt. 2,880 ft.
Short stony zigzag, 6 ft. wide, descending a shale slope for 200 yds.
Alt. 2,580 ft. Foot of steep slope, followed by gentler gradient.
Descend into valley with a stream which breaks through a
narrow rift barely 80 yds. across into the gorge of the Rowanduz
Chai to r. (This seems to be the Kanijuz ravine mentioned
above.) Track follows a 3-6 ft. ledge along a small stream, but
could be widened. Sharp limestone ridge 500 yds. to r.
Good track in bottom of valley. Then ascend steep slope.
Alt. 2,945 ft. (Summit of?) Kurek Dagh, 8 m. to 1. : low trees and
brushwood near summit.
Reach end of ascentafter a longpull up steep stony track. Alt. 8,215 ft.
Top of Serderiyeh Pass (see under m. 88^).
ROUTE 45 b
MOSUL—ROWANDUZ (89 m.)
Via Gibdamamik
Authority; — Military Report onE.T.A., vol. iii, Route 117 (report of 1886).
This route apparently crosses the col between the Maqlub and
Ain es-Safra Hills some distance N. of 45 a, and then passes
to the S. of that route near Dusera. Thence it runs to the
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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.
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- 1 volume (214 folios)
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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'. ).
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