'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [123v] (251/530)
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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242
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Amadi-
yell
56|
581
60|
61|
64i
67|
72A
72|
75|
77i
77|
80|?
Open undulating ground. Gentle descent to
Small stream. Gradual ascent up a cultivated, trough-like
valley : turning to r. cross a low, bare, stony ridge, and
descend steeply to
L. bank of the Khabur, near three-arched stone bridge.
Thence along level river-bank.
Zakho (alt. 1,400 ft.). Follow a broad, gravelly track about
^ m. from 1. bank of Khabur.
Eedar, 100 Nestorian houses, on the river A m. to r.
Skirt a line of gravelly hills, the outliers of the Jebel
Abyadh. Several springs in the hills. The water is
used for irrigation lower down. The summit ridge of
the Jebel Abyadh appears from here to be composed
of impassable vertical sheets of limestone.
Khalil Aghwar, ziyaret in a thick grove of well-grown
oaks through which the route passes.
Three small stream-beds, nearly dry in June, are crossed,
and the spurs to r, gradually cease. The junction of the
Hazil Su on the opposite side of the Khabur is passed.
Leave the Khabur and follow a well-defined, easy track
15-20 ft. wide, stony in places, with ascending gradient.
A plentiful stream in a stony bed is crossed^ Three
Chaldaean villages half-way up ridge to 1., with orchards
and some cultivation.
Gradual ascent along an easy gravel track. A few low
bushes on the hill-sides. Then ascend r, bank of
stream. Low gravelly mounds to r.
Ascend a winding track, 20 ft. broad, towards Derebun
plateau. Easy gradient, passable for wheels.
Derebun plateau (alt. 1,780 ft.) extending N., flat-topped,
and ending in steep bluffs overlooking the Khabur.
Emerging from the rock at the end of the main range of
the Jebel Abyadh is a spring with a large stream called
the Derebun, which forms a small, reedy marsh on the
plateau. This has to be waded. The springs on the
Derebun plateau are warm, and rather brackish.
Derebun, 100 Yezidi houses. Here the Mosul—Jezlret-
ibn-'Omar T.L. crosses the route. Descend gradually
winding through low, bare hills.
Feishkhabur (alt. 1,160 ft.). See 90 b, m. 77-|.
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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'.
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- 1 volume (263 folios)
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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'. ).
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