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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [117r] (238/530)
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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ROUTE 90 a
229
r. of
Miles from
Mosul
Hi
17
20i
234
24
27|
29i
31
32i
Tel Kaif, village of 300 to 400 houses, 3 m. to r. Several
tracks diverge towards Tel Kaif and towards the river.
Brick and stone bridge, one arch, 15'ft. span, over small
stream. Hasan Gelad is 1-| m. up this stream, and
Khur Kharab is 4 m. down-stream; both about 100
houses.
Filfil, on N. bank of stream ; 50 Moslem houses, round
one larger stone building belonging to a Mosul merchant
(1888). Some lime-kilns are used to burn gypsum.
They are of masonry, arched over, with a few perforations
in the top, and sunk just below the ground-level. The
inhabitants are settled Arabs. Indian corn is grown
along the stream.
A track branches off on 1. to Tel Addus.
Tel Addus, a village of 50 Moslem houses, 1 m. to the 1.,
with a few patches of Indian corn and wheat (1888).
In 1903 a village called Tel Hadhir, f m. to 1., was
passed hereabout.
Minareli village, f m. on 1. Farther on, Kaka and Tor-
grabi are also passed at some distance on the r.
(1903).
Deiristan, m. to r. 100 houses: inhabited by settled Arabs,
Kui'ds, and a few Yezidis (1888: not mentioned 1903).
Ford the Butaq Su (apparently also called Baghat).
Gravelly bed 40-50 yds. wide. Banks, where the stream
was crossed in 1903, 50 ft. high. Much of the water of
the river is led away into irrigation cuts and mill-streams.
In June, 1888, the water in the Butaq was 20 ft. wide, in
autumn, 1903, it was 10 ft. wide, 10 in. deep, with a cur
rent 4 m. p. h. About 1^- m. up the stream is Hattara,
a large village of 400 houses. A parallel track runs
through it. Deghirmen village lies 1 m. down
stream.
Country is cut up by stony ravines for about a mile.
The 1888 authority gives Karana, a village of a few houses,
as lying ^ m. to 1., on a rocky ravine 300 yds. broad and
100 ft. deep, with a stream over the ledges of rock. He
says also that there were two mills, several irrigation
channels, and patches of cultivation. He makes no
mention of Fa'ideh.
The 1903 authority reports a village of 20 houses on 1., and
calls it New Fa'ideh (spring of 500 gallons).
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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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