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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [82v] (169/530)
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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160
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bash
144
17
22
23
24
26i
28
29i
30i
34i
Haspistan, 30 houses of Armenians and Kurds, a short
distance beyond which the river runs through a flat
tract about 1 m. wide.
Ford over the Zab. Eoute now crosses some canals and
ascends the 1. bank by an easy track, the valley narrow
ing and numerous side-streams joining it on either
hand.
Pass Kanda Kilissa or Deir (alt. 6,850 ft.), on the far
(r.) bank. This place contains a strong military frontier
post maintained here to keep order among the Shekak
Kurds, whose territory lies to N. on both sides of the
frontier. There is a fine Armenian monastery of
St. Bartholomew.
Eoute leaves the river flat ^ m. farther on, ascends a
gradient 1 in 6 to 1 in 10 for 3 m., and continues over
open undulating upland country.
Pass Nerzingi (?Qara Chiyan).
Pass Taghik, a castellated rock, 2 m. to N.
Cross a basin, from which route ascends a winding ravine,
where it is 20 ft. wide.
Khan-i-Sur (alt. 7.900 ft.), Kurdish village of 20 houses,
close to the road. An undulating hilly country is crossed,
forming the broad back of a spur running E. from the
Lake Urmia watershed.
Persian frontier. Divide between the basins of the Great
Zab and Lake Urmia is crossed (alt. 8,100 ft.), and a
ravine is descended to an undulating plateau between
Haravil Dagh to N. and Beleko Dagh. to S., whose
sides are covered with grass in the spring and summer,
and are used by the Shekak Kurds for grazing-grounds.
Several small valleys draining S. are crossed, and the
road keeps along a ridge lying between the Dishevan
Dereli on the N. and the Zola Dereh. on the S.
Track descends to a deep valley by a road with a gradient
of 1 in 8 in some places and ascends by a gradient of
1 in 12 to
Eidge (alt. 7,650 ft.). Eoute passes over a gravelly, clay
soil through rounded hills, descending.
Alt. 6,700 ft., beyond which a somewhat steep descent, at
a gradient of 1 in 12 in places, leads to the Dishevan
Dereh, the S. side of whose valley is skirted.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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