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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [106r] (216/530)
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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Miles from
Sairt
15|
17
19
22^
24
24A
27-
EOUTE 87 a
207
Cross a stony col (alt. 4,875 ft.), and descends rather
steeply into another valley. After crossing another ridge
into a larger valley route ascends steeply.
Broad col (alt. 4,605 ft.). Descent over very stony slopes,
passing i m. farther on the village of Salangir, in
a well-cultivated basin with some oak trees. Route then
ascends by a stony zigzag.
Col, whence a gradual descent over stony outliers leads
across a ridge (alt. 4,785 ft.) to an easy track along the
hillside. Proceed across an open basin, and then by
a gradual descent to a rough ravine which is followed
past the Roman Catholic Armenian village of Garni
| m. to 1.
The descent becomes steeper as it follows a stony spur on
r. of the ravine, and becoming still steeper descends by
a clay track to roughly cultivated land.
Khanduq. (alt. 2,270 ft.), 30 Kurdish houses, situated on
a plateau, whence route follows a very steep zigzag in
shale to the Garni stream, which is crossed. The route
then ascends less steeply, through terraced cultivation,
to Zewa, a small Kurdish village, from which it descends
gradually by an easy track above the Ghindig Su to
a large tributary coming from the Yerun district on the
N. slopes of the Goren Dagh.
Cross the stream by a 35-ft. stone bridge, and cross a spur
by a steep narrow shale ledge in order to avoid a cliff.
The Ghindig Su, which emerges at this point from a
narrow gorge. A cantilever bridge of 50-ft. span takes
the track to the 1. bank. Follow a narrow ledge to the
Raman Dereh, a small tributary from E. Cross this
stream and ascend its valley by a very steep, stony path,
passing Raman, 10 Kurd houses, on the 1. bank, about
1-| m. from the Ghindig bridge; the ascent becomes more
gradual as it crosses a well-cultivated plateau, then be
comes steep as it leads to a higher plateau, and to
Evzindan (alt. 4,540 ft.), 30 Kurdish houses. The whole
of this district is very fertile, and is cultivated for vines,
Indian corn, and millet; small oaks grow on the hill
sides.
Beyond the village the track ascends the stony W. hill-side
of Nuh-i-Giran Dagh by steep zigzags. From the head
of the ascent it follows a narrow ledge in a steep shale
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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