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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [125v] (255/530)
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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246
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Mosul
25
32
32^
34
38
39i
40|
42i
44i
46
Cross the Abu Mariyeh stream by a ford just below an
old stone bridge with a single span of more than 20 ft.
The roadway across it is barely 5 ft. broad and it does
not appear to be passable.
Near the Tigris the Abu Mariyeh breaks into several arms.
This stream is said to rise in the Jebel Mehlebiyeh.
Track runs along a ridge, in a general W. direction.
Direction changes to N, by W.
Cross a small stream called c Ain el-Hulweh.
Tel Mus, an isolated mound, steep to the N. Euined fort
on the summit. Near the mound is a stream flowing in
several channels, with a mill.
Kurdish encampments may be met with in the neighbour
hood.
SW. of Tel Mus a ridge called Jebel Qoseir esh-Sharrij
runs from NW. to SE.
The ordinary track runs direct to m. 40| below. The
route as here described makes a detour eastward to Abu
Wajneh.
For a more direct track to Tel Rumelan (m. 82) see
Appendix 2 to present route.
Abu Wajneh, ruin-field and modern village on the S. slope
of Jebel et-Turi. Near the modern village are several
ancient wells, some of which are still in good condition.
On the E. the ruin-field is commanded by a large high
mound, with graves and a domed tomb on the summit.
Track now runs WSW.
Cross a
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Track joins the caravan route.
From this point Tel A'far (see Route 92 a) bears SW.
Ain Saleh, ruins of a village and springs in a hollow.
Good water. The overflow runs to join the Abu Mariyeh.
Track ascends for about 1 m. and follows the ridge of
Ain Saleh.
A side-track diverges N. to the Tigris.
It crosses the Blm'eib el-Kohaf, a tributary of the Tigris, at m. ^ and
passes a hill, one of two called Tulul el-Kohaf, the second being
passed to the 1. at m. 1^. The direction is now NNE. About the same
point the Shu'eil) el-Kohaf is again crossed and the track descends
towards the Tigris which is reached at m. 4. The direction is
now N. by W. following the course of the river to a Kurdish
village called Hawi Zummar (m. 11).
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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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