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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [112v] (229/530)
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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220
LAND KOUTES
Miles from
Bitlis
18
Tukh, Armenian village, li m. to r, up a valley, across
whose stream there was a dilapidated stone bridge in
1890, and a ford 2 ft. deep in September, with a muddy
bottom. A somewhat steep ascent leads to an open
basin, surrounded by low hills covered with brushwood.
Khan Ehnali, 1 m. from the shore. Route then rounds
a promontory, 150 ft. above the shore, and enters another
basin through which a strong stream flows.
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Elmali, 80 houses. Follow a rocky, rough track
by the shore (alt. 5,360 ft.), 30 ft. above the water ; leave
the lake by a short, steep ascent ; descend gradually
over a stony plain. Then cross some low hills to 1., and
after passing a stream descend by a broad, easy track
through an open basin 1 m. wide.
Shamunis (alt. 5,460 ft.), 50 Kurd houses with good water
and plentiful supplies, lying N. of the Sakh Dagh, on
which are some low oaks, a few junipers, and brushwood.
Boute 89 b (m. 25^) from Bitlis joins here. Beyond this the
route turns E. along a shingly beach, leaves the basin
and rounds a promontory. It then follows a stony
hill-side, crosses first a shingly beach ^ m. long, then a
stream, and passes an open basin i m. wide.
Crharzit, 20 Armenian and 10 Kurdish houses. Keep near
the water-level by a stony track, and follow the shore,
N. of a steep slope covered with brushwood. Here pass,
1 m. to 1., the large Armenian village of Snrp, situated
on the W. shore of a large promontory, whence fuel is
shipped to Van. Prom this point a very steep ascent
of m. leads SE. away from the lake, passing through
stones and bushes by zigzags.
Summit. Route passes through low, rocky hills, and
then follows a stream by an easy descending track.
Pass Wanik, 60 houses, m. to r., shut in by steep hills
covered with brushwood and stunted trees. Going E.
route enters a valley ^ m. wide, opening into a wide well-
wooded valley from S.
Kindranz, 30 Armenian houses. 1 m. to r. (S.) is the resi
dence of the Kaimmakam of Karchikan Kaza, and a good
halting-place for a large body of men, with plenty of fuel,
supplies, and drinking water. Prom the valley a level track
leads across the well-cultivated and well-watered Gbllii
plain, 3-4 m. wide, which is flooded for a considerable
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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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