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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎63r] (130/530)

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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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EOUTE 67 a
121
Miles from
Mosul
38^
m
47|
531
57|
62^
the valley.
Then over
Leave plateau.
Descend to a small stream, beyond which to 1. lies the
village of Garbega, skirting the W. slopes of a hill.
Cross a small ridge into a broad valley which descends
to E., and cross the stream. Go up its r. bank and then
ascend steeply over a wooded ridge.
Spindari (alt. 4,100 ft.), 50 houses of Kurds.
Vine and tobacco cultivation. Poplars in
Descend slightly and cross a narrow valley.
, a steep spur in a NW. direction.
Cross a small stream.
Ascend a narrow ravine by a stony track.
Summit of the Tura Qara (Qara Dagh; alt. 5,050 ft.).
The saddle over which the track passes is the lowest
point of the chain, which rises high on both sides. The
N. slopes of the range are drained by many streams
which flow into the Qara Su (see below under m. 53|).
Track now winds up and down over bare rounded hills of
conglomerate and sandstone passing deep wooded ravines.
Zigzag path down a stony hill-side. Cross a minor outlier.
Country wooded.
Cross a stream (alt. 2,950 ft,) running towards the Qara Su
which flows E. to the Great Zab in a winding course
through a valley bounded on the S. by the Tura Qara
and on the N. by the Ser Amadiyeh. The slopes to the
N. are bare, but the valley itself is extraordinarily fertile
and well cultivated.
Continue over extremely broken bare hills of conglomerate
sandstone.
Track joins that from Mosul Dohuk. For the rest of
the route, see Itoute 67 b, m. 100-104^-.
Amadiyeh.

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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'.

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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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