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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [127r] (258/530)
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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EOUTE 91
249
Miles from
Mosul
98
100|
103^
104|
134|
Emerge on to the desert plateau.
Occasional cultivation.
Khirbet Resh, village on a ruin-mound.
Direction now NW. No regular track.
Derunah. Kulinga, village.
Bawerd, village (deserted?). Here this track joins the
post-road between Jezlret-ibn- c Omar and Nisibin.
For the rest of the route to Nisibin see 93 b, m. 43^.
Nisibin.
(2)
The following details are given from an old account (1764) of a
journey to Nisibin which followed a caravan track. Good grazing
was found on the track in April.
Miles from
Mosul
0
181
31-|
41f
55
731
93|
113|
1281
1431
Mosul. Direction of track WNW.
Dubs (?). Direction still WNW.
Eesik Koprii, ruins. Direction now NW. by W.
Hogena. Kuins on a hill. About 1^ m. S. is another hill
with ruins called Qasr Sharij. Direction NW. by W.
Awenat (ruins?). Direction NE. by E. See Appendix 3,
below.
Tel el-Hamzeh. Direction now NW.
Unmelau. See main route, m. 82. Direction W. by N.
Rijl el-Abbas. Direction WNW.
Tel esh-Sha ir. Direction now W. The stage from Tel
esh-Sha ir to Nisibin is that detailed in the route Jezlret-
ibn-'Omar—Nisibin.
Nisibin.
See Boute 93 b, m. 61^.
(3)
The following course between Tel Mus and Tel Kumelan was taken
by Ainsworth in January, 1840. He found grazing, but little water,
and apparently no adequate fuel. He made it a day's march between
Tel Awenat and Ohilara (which he calls Chil Agha), 8-10 m. beyond
Kumelan (main route, above, m. 91|).
Tel Mus. See main route, above, m. 34.
A brook called Awenat is crossed.
Pass a large ruin-mound called Ahlau Tefipeh (Tamarisk
hill). This hill is identified on Kiepert's map with
Tel el-Hawa, mentioned by another traveller, and the
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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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