Skip to item: of 530
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎120v] (245/530)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

236
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Mosul
854
88i
89i
904
93
944
94|
95
Pass a mound of ruins. A small square tower still remains.
Cross dry, gravelly bed of stream, 150 yds. wide
(June).
Crund Hadid, a deserted village on r., is located by 1908
authority 3 m. on this side of Nahrawan (see m. 90|).
It has an irrigation stream, 5 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep, current
2 m, p. h.
Pass two Christian villages on the plain to 1., 3 m. distant,
Girki Bedras and Takian, 100 houses each (1888). The
1903 authority, however, locates Takian as 3 m. to the
1. of a point on the road 1 m. beyond Nahrawan.
Kurd village of 30 mud huts. Shortly afterwards route
crosses gravelly bed of stream, 100 yds. wide, dry even in
J une.
Mahrawan, Christian village of 100 mud huts (1888),
alt. 1,200 ft., on a mound by a spring and stream, which
in early autumn was 9 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep, with current
14 m. p. h. A few poplars and fruit gardens by the
stream, maize grown on the plain.
Bazu, a large village, lies 3 m. to the 1.
Follow broad track across the plain. Reach low terrace
(alt. 1,230 ft.) overlooking bed of the Tigris. Dip into
flat alongside river, about 1 m. wide. An easy descent,
following broad, gravelly track.
Account of 1903 places Little Arabiyeh (Rubahi ?) on the
r. of the road 3 m. from Nahrawan. In 1888 a village
called Rubahi was reported to lie on the Tigris m. to 1.
of road and 4^ m. from Nahrawan. No mention is made
of such a village in 1903, though tw T o deserted villages
on the Tigris, called'Arabiyeh, were reported—one here,
the other at m. 96^ ; see m. 96^.
Telegraph line Mosul—Diarbekr joins here from the
Derebun plateau (see above m. 40|). Route 90 b via
Feishkhabur also joins in this neighbourhood.
Pass Bubahi, 100 houses (1888), m. to the left by the
Tigris, with a church in ruins on a knoll and a few
poplars and orchards. Large herds of cattle (1888).
This may be Little 'Arabiyeh, mentioned by the authority
of 1903 as a deserted village on Tigris, 3 m. from
Nahrawan.
Cross large irrigation canal from Tigris. Road ascends
a low, flat spur. Soil, gravelly clay.

About this item

Content

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎120v] (245/530), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x00002e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x00002e">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [&lrm;120v] (245/530)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517294.0x00002e">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045636.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_6_0245.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045636.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image