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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [81r] (166/530)
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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ROUTES 74 a, b
157
Miles from
Basil
Qarah
5ii
54i
57
59i
on three occasions before they could get over the pass.
From the ridge the road descends by a well-worn track,
steep but easily passable for wheeled traffic, which leads
to a long, steady descent through low rounded hills of
clay and conglomerate, a monotonous country, to the
plains of Van.
Cross a stream and follow a broad, easy track down r. bank
of the Qurubash Chai, a small stream in a shingly
channel, which is generally dry, the water being used
for irrigation.
Pass Qurubash, an Armenian village of 50 houses, lying
among gardens, on the far bank of the stream. 72
(at m. 79^) joins here, and a good road fit for wheeled
traffic goes S. across the Havatzor plain to Keghzi (see
lioute 72, at m. 71). The route, a broad clay track,
continues down r. bank of the Qurubash. Chai, crosses
a col, passes the mouth of a or underground
water-channel, and enters an open undulating plain, in
which are numerous villages half hidden in thickets.
Erek, with market-place. Follow a good metalled track
25 to 30 ft. wide along the SE. avenue leading from Erek
to Van, through gardens.
Van.
[in. EOUTE 74 b
hills
BASH QALAH—KHOSHAB (25^ m.)
tol. Via Tozo G edik
, Authorities: —See p. 459. Main authority, E.T.A., vol. ii,
^ Route 93 a (report of 1900).
r00( ] General direction, NW. and N. This is an alternative route to
[ ni the first 25 m. of lioute 74 a. It is not passable in winter and spring.
The track is exti'emely difficult for the first 17 m. or so, and
(|j t , although horses can go over it, it would certainly take much longer
3D( |. than the main route.
u jt At about 17 m. the track becomes much easier, and perhaps
is passable for wheeled traffic. It passes through excellent grazing
90i grounds, much frequented by Kurds, and there is plenty of water
ided
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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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