'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [130r] (264/530)
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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ROUTE 92 a
255
Miles from
Mosul
62A
64i
65
654
66|
68|
70
71i
' 2
72
72i
73
74i
76
77|
78i
Cross large
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
with steep banks. To N. (1^-2 m, dis
tant) are a number of hills, outlines of the chain called
Et-Toq. These hills run in a line parallel with the route
(about WSW.). Beyond them to NW. (not yet in sight)
lies the eastern end of the main Sinjar range.
Village about ^ m. to N. of track. Four tels in a line
running E. and W. lie in a plain to S.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dajis.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
eu-Naml.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Delukhan. About this point the first peak
of Jebel Sinjar comes in sight.
Deep
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Cross
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Cross stream. Large Yezidi village of Mihrkan to N. on
the slopes of a hill (1880).
Pass Qara Tepeh, or Tel Aswad, which lies to N. of track.
Pass Eshkeptah village, which lies to N. of track.
Solaq Chai (sweet water). A number of small streams
occur between this point and Beled Sinjar. ■
Cultivation to S. of track.
Beled Sinjar.
Times given for the journey from Beled Sinjar to Tel A'far by
a recent authority :
Hrs.
0
I
64
7
10
Beled Sinjar.
A iejoeh on left (N.).
Solaq Chai.
Eshkeptah.
Gelu Khan Chai (?).
Grereh Sinoh, hill with ruined village (?),
Kheraleh Tepeh (?).
labrah Chai (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ibreh).
Tel A'far.
From Beled Sinjar to the Shillo pass the track runs over
a cultivated but rather stony plain, sloping gently S.
from the Toq hills. The track runs ^-2 m. from the
foot of the hills. Though stony, it is fairly easy. Water
is good and abundant. Yezidi villages in the plains, or
(more often) at the foot of the hills and on the hill
slopes.
Kebalish village.
Daqiqeh, Yezidi village, about 1 m. to r., and Kanisark,
to 1.
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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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