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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [44r] (92/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 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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EOUTES 60 c, 61 a
83
Miles from
Rowan-
duz
and follows the hill-side above the r. bank of the Mergeh
Su, past cultivation of tobacco, oats, and barley, inter
spersed with vineyards and fruit orchards.
Hebtian (Havdian). Here was a post of 50 Nizam troops
in 1900. From the village the road ascends the valley,
crossing to 1. bank, passing several small villages and
going through fine oak forests and good grazing grounds.
At the head of the valley it ascends rather steeply
through oak forest to
Mergasur Gedik (alt. 4,250 ft.), a pass over the W. end of
the S. watershed of the Kudbar-i-Baras-Grlr, a large
stream flowing from the Haruni districts to E. A rather
steep descent leads down a wooded spur, through a well-
cultivated valley dotted with Kurdish villages.
Ford the Iludbar-i-Baras-Gir, whence a low col is crossed
into a cultivated valley.
2 £ani Hesh., Kurdish village of 30 houses, situated in the
Baradost plain, of which it is the principal place. The
track now ascends the valley of the Rudbar-i-Haji Beg,
a large mountain stream, feeder of the Eukuchuk Su,
which is a tributary of the Great Zab. Track leaves the
villages of Zerwa and Sire high up on r., and crosses
the stream to its N. or r. bank at
Begijni, a small village with a mud fort and a saptieh post,
from which a narrow track leads up the stream to the
Persian frontier. A steep ascent leads to
Shapatan, a Kurdish village at the head of Girdi valley,
draining SW. to the Zab. On the banks of the stream,
2 m. down to 1., is Jemmo. Farther on a plateau is
crossed, and an easy ascent over clay soil is followed
to
Ziniyeh. Bari Gedik (alt. 5,580 ft.), a broad, rounded
eminence situated at W. end of the lofty Bashi-Biuwau
Dagh, along whose N. slopes the route now goes. A
track leads from here past Jemmo to the B>ezan ferry
over the Great Zab. The road descends easily.
Pass on r. Beuawuki, village of 20 houses with a loop-
holed building, the residence of a Kurdish Agha sub
ject to the Chief of Neri. Here diverges an easier and
somewhat shorter track to Neri which goes Evlian
high up to E.
f 2
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
- Physical characteristics
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. IV. 1917'
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