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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎125r] (254/530)

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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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KOUTES 90 d, 91
245
a report of 1913) to run by Kesik Koprti (see Appendix 2 to this
route) and Tel Kumelan. No information as to improvements since
1914 is available. See Appendix 4, p. 250, for route of Turks, 1916.
The tracks usually followed by travellers in recent years have
kept well to the NE. of the more direct routes, probably because
there seems to be more likelihood of finding good water in that
direction (e. g. in the Saweidiyeh river).
In summer the heat is intense, sand-storms are frequent, and
draughts of poisonous wind are occasionally met with.
Miles from
Mosul
0
Mosul. Leave by the Sin jar gate at the NW. corner of the
city and cross the plain of Mosul.
Ascend a rise. Cross a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
Cross another rise. Mosul disappears from view.
Cross a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
Pass through monotonous country for about 2 m. In this
stretch apparently a track branches to the 1. to Abu
Mariyeh.
Descend from the plateau towards the river.
Pass Humeldat to the r., village on the r. bank of a stream.
Ascend fairly steeply up the course of the stream. Track
runs generally WNW. skirting the Jebel Allan.
Pass Badisheh village some distance to r. on the 1. bank
of the stream.
El-Ubetir village lies about 2 m. to N. No drinking water
in August, 1893.
Cross the stream on which lie Badisheh and Homeidat.
Pass ruins of a modern village. Some cultivation.
Cross a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. , waterless in August, 1898.
Euins. The country hereabouts slopes away to the S. in
terraces, the first of these stretching as far as Jebel
Mehlebiyeh.
El-Khan, ruins of a rectangular fort with strong stone
walls, situated at the foot of the Jebel Allan. Ascend
the ridge.
Summit. Towards the W. the ridge gradually sinks into
the desert plateau. Follow the r. bank of a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. NE.
Stony track.
Ruin-field of Eski Mosul.
Large modern rectangular building flanked by towers on
the highest point of the ruin-field to the N. near the
Tigris. Zaptieh post.

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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)
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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