'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III' [43v] (91/234)
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46
LAND ROUTES
Taza Khurmatli. For route to Dur see addition to
Route 26.
m. 179. Add : ' In flood it becomes an important stream and may
interrupt communication between the two parts of
Kirkuk.'
m. 198^. 4M Paragraph.—For 1 Sanjag ' read 1 Sanjaq '. For the
Kirkuk—Koi Sanjaq route see addition to Route 40.
For 1 impassible ' read ' impassable
For 1 Sanjag' read 1 Sanjaq'.
m. 213. Altun Koprii. On the stone bridges across the Lesser Zab
see corrections to Gazetteer of Towns, p. 115 below"
m. 215. 2nd Paragraph.- —This direct route from Altun Koprii to
Mosul is probably the one which is said to run via Ka-
sikhan (12| m.) and Devaja (23^ m.) to Quweir (46 m.),
where there is reported to be a boat-bridge over the Great
Zab. (In July 1917 there was said to be another bridge
2 hrs. up-stream of Quweir, which was believed to be
strong enough to carry guns.)
From Quweir the route runs via Qaraqush (about 61 in.)
to Mosul (about 76 m.).
The first 18 m. from Altun Koprii appear to be fit for
wheels. Then the road degenerates into a pack-track, and
beyond m. 24 it is generally bad, with steep ascents and
descents, as far as the Great Zab. Shortly beyond the
crossing of the river it improves again and remains fit
for wheels as far as Mosul. The Turks seem to have used
the road between Erbil and Quweir, and not the direct
road between Altun Koprii and Quweir, for guns and
wheeled transport,
m. 245^. A road runs from Erbil via Tel Barur (5 hrs.) to Quweir
(9 hrs.). For the rest of the road to Mosul see the
preceding note. The Turks have apparently used both
the route Mosul—Quweir—Erbil and the route Mosul—
Eski Kelek—Erbil as lines of communication,
m. 262^. A report of October 1917 stated that there was a pontoon-
bridge at Eski Kelek. A beginning had been made before
the war of building a stone bridge at this point. A Russian
report states that this bridge was to be of 20 spans,
in. 269^. After 1 There are some small villages down-stream' add:
' The river broadens very much and breaks into several
small channels near its confluence with the Great Zab.
Near the confluence is a small flour-mill and a prominent
mound about 60 ft. high.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Corrections and Additions to Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Southern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Naval Staff Intelligence Department: June, 1918). It supplements Volume III (IOR/L/MIL/17/41/4) which includes routes along the middle Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to Fellūjeh [Fallujah] up to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah]. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. These corrections and additions are based partly on information dating from before the Mesopotamian Campaign and partly on intelligence from 1917-1918.
The volume contains a note on confidentiality, title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes 'Corrections and Additions to Itineraries' for River Routes and Land Routes, 'Corrections and Additions to Gazetteer of Towns', and 'Corrections and Additions to Appendix'. Several pages have been left blank for convenience of use with interleaved copies of the original edition.
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