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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [79r] (162/530)
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 73, 74 a
153
Miles from
Sekunis
39|
Another ravine, 150 ft. deep, is crossed, and some short,
steep zigzags lead to a ford, 20 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep,
beyond which numerous irrigation canals are crossed.
Bash, alii
ROUTE 74 a
BASH QALAH—VAN (59^ m.)
Via C hukh and K hoshab
Authorities: —See p. 459. Main authority. vol. ii,
Route 93 (reports of 1887, 1890, 1900): some more recent Information.
General direction, NW. This route goes from the valley of the
Great Zab over Chukh Dagh into the basin of Lake Van, following
the Khoshab Su to Van. It is more or less practicable for wheeled
traffic throughout. Near Bash Qal'ah, Khoshab and Van there is
a good deal of cultivation, but fuel is very scarce throughout, and
grazing is poor: for 10 m. W. of Chukh there is no grazing at all.
The Chukh Gedik is a particularly dangerous pass from the climatic
point of view, and is impassable for animals during the winter and
often till late in the spring. On the Nestorian and Armenian
population, compare p. 32.
Miles from
Bash
0 Bash Qalah (alt. 7,275 ft.). After leaving the town the
foot of the Valitan Dagh is skirted by a broad easy track
to N., trending to E., which passes Kharabeh, a village
m. to r. ? situated on the edge of a ravine, and Alaniyeh
(50 Armenian and Kurdish houses, formerly a Nestorian
village), in a basin among the hills ^ m. to l. ? where in
June there is good pasture for mules. (It is about 50 min.
from Alaniyeh to Bash Qal ah.) The route then crosses
a small stream, skirts the foot of some steep hills ^ m.
to L, passes a ruined fort on a spur to 1., crosses a shallow
dip forming the head of a ravine going to the Zab, and
leaves Srisan, a large village, with the castle of a Kurdish
Bey, 1 m. to r.
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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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- 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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