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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [104r] (212/530)
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 86 a, b
203
Miles from
Sairt
7
84
10
12
13
17
20
23i
26
45?
The Keser valley.
The Argif bridge, a masonry structure of 4 arches, over the
Keser Su. One in the centre of 50 ft., one of 40 ft., one
of 30 ft., one of 15 ft. The bridge is 85 yds. long with
an 18-ft. roadway. Cross the bridge.
An easy mule-track leads NW. through Dodan to Ziyaret Wa'iz el-
Qur'ani, crossing the Bitlis Su by a ford.
A short distance up-stream the river flows through a gorge
(see Boute 86 a, m. 7^). The route ascends the r. bank for
a short way, passes the Degalan salt-pans, and enters
a side valley to the N.
Ascend steeply a spur from the N.
Bazliss in the valley below.
A broad col.
Here a track leads NW. to Menar. 3 m. off, a Kurd village of 100
houses, and centre of the Zirkhi A rough track goes on
from Menar by Gigan and Derun to Verkhunis.
The route skirts the head of a deep valley going E. to the
Keser, keeping close to the limestone ridges on the 1.
-Pass a good spring, and Beitamu in a valley to the r.
The Sirokhli, Haveidan, and Dunbeli nomad Kurds
usually spend the winter about here.
Mudus, Kurd village, with extensive orchards and two
good springs. Two steep, narrow ravines are crossed,
with sparsely wooded slopes, over a broad col.
Eoute then descends steeply into a narrow valley and
reaches Verkhunis (so authority of 1888, but it seems
possible that the track does not run through Verkhunis
village. Verkhunis stream may perhaps be meant).
Wind up a narrow stream-bed, and turn N. over a steep
spur, leaving Shemailan, or Shemialah, a half-ruined
village in a ravine to the 1.
Eoute descends a deep valley, reaches a col on the far side,
and joins Boute 86 a between m. 22^ and 25. Eough
tracks also join from Verkhunis, but none of this craggy
limestone country is fit for wheels.
Bitlis.
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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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