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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎314] (323/432)

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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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314
Miles from
Mosul
73
741
4
76
77|
78-1
80
81^
82
83i
86
LAND ROUTES
Solaq Chai (sweet water). A number of small streams
occur between this point and Beled Sinjar.
Cultivation to S. of track.
Beled Sinjar.
Times given for the journey from Beled Sinjar to Tel 'Afar by
a recent authority :—
Hrs. .
Beled Sinjar.
A tepeh on left (N.)
Solaq Chai.
Esh-Keptah.
GeluKhan Chai (?).
Gereh Sinoh. hill with ruined village (?).
Kheraleh Tepeh (?).
7 labrah Chai ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ibreh).
10 Tel A 'far.
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The modern town of Beled Sinjar comprised about 400
houses in 1903. The land to N. and S. of the town is
cultivated, and probably a fair amount of supplies would
be available in normal years. The figs of the neigh
bourhood are famous in the E. The modern town,
which is inhabited mainly by Yezidis, lies on the E.
slope of a valley running from N. to S. watered by a
stream. It is dominated to N. and W. by the Et-Toq
chain of hills. It contains a khan, Turkish barracks,
and Turkish Grovernment buildings, all of which lie on
the top of the slope. The place is the residence of a
Kaimmakam, and lies in the of Mosul. The
houses are solidly built in the Mosul style. The town
formerly covered a much larger area, including the
western slope of the valley, where now there is a ruin-
field. The remains of the ancient walls are to be seen.
Kebalish village.
Daqiqeh., Yezidi village, about 1 m. to r., and Kanisark,
to 1.
Qizil Khan, about 2 m. to r.
Gabara, about 2 m. to r.
Cross wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and pass Debusi village. Fairly level, stony
track running past cultivation.
Wurdi, alt. 1,500 ft., village of 90 Arab houses on the
plain, 1 m. from the hills. One large spring of good
water and one mill.
Jeddaleh, Arab village, to r. Cross wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .

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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'. ).

Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.

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