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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [62r] (128/530)
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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KOUTES 66 b, 67 a 119
EOUTE 67 a
MOSUL—AMADIYEH (62i m .)
Via B a I dri and S heikh A di
Authorities: —See p. 459. Main authority, Bachmann. journey of 1911.
Of the two routes, 67 a and 67 b, this is the shorter by 42 m.
The longer route, 67 b, is more generally used by local caravans,
being easier and perhaps less exposed to attacks by marauding Kurds.
The general direction of the present route is N. The W.O. map
shows that it is a cart road up to some 5 m. beyond Khorsabad
(m. 10^): it then becomes a mule-track. It is not used by ordinary
pack-caravans. It is well supplied with water when once the hills
are entered beyond Ba Idri (m. 21^). There is wheat cultivation in
the plain as far as Ba Idri, but beyond that point the soil, though
very fertile in the valleys, is comparatively little cultivated until the
neighbourhood of Amadiyeh, owing to the insecurity caused by
Kurdish raids. Grazing is good in spring, and there is a good deal
of wood in the hills, mostly oak, but poplars are also found with
a considerable amount of juniper.
The line described in detail below was taken by Bachmann in 1911.
In 1886 Bell followed a mule-track, passing the villages of—
Miles from
Mosul
15
Kliorsabad.
35
Tsipinni.
41
Sheikh Adi (off route to 1.).
43
Shuftundu.
45|
Hassaski.
47
Bustowa (Bustan ?).
55
Atrush (1 m. to r.).
55|
63
Hasnukeh (1 m. to r.).
Spindari (see route below, m. 13^).
Miles from /
Mosul
0 Mosul. Leave by the boat-bridge. Easy track over open
plain following the general course of the Khozer valley.
There is an alternative track over more broken ground
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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.
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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. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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