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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [‎131r] (266/530)

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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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131
ROUTE 92 a
Miles from
Mosul
257
The low foot-hills of the
wards from the mountains.
Sin jar are passed.
Howeir Khalid stream is here apparently left by the route.
Country undulating and stony.
Cross iKasak Chai, small muddy stream.
Route runs across a large plain in a general NNW. direction.
The mountains N. of Nisibin are visible in clear weather.
.The plain which extends the whole way to Nisibin is
open and grassy, and is said to be easy going in dry
weather but very heavy in wet, especially between the
Radd Su and Msibin. A number of streams are crossed,
many of which are boggy and form awkward obstacles.
Water (from these streams) was reported as fairly abun
dant in January. The country is'absolutely uninhabited
till about m. 145^. No defined track.
Cross Radd Su, a shallow boggy stream.
Tel Khidhr; mound on 1. (Authority, 1903, places the
half-way between Radd Su and Tullahi Su; but see
times given below at end of route).
Jerrahi Su, small stream.
Mekhabin Su, in this neighbourhood.
Tel Shermokh, mound to W. of track.
Tel Nasr, large mound to W. of track,
on the plain.
Cross stream of fair size, in a deep-cut channel with steep
banks. It was found difficult to ford in January.
«Jawa, village m. to W\ of track. (This and succeeding
villages were all Arab in 1903. They had mills. Water
not very good.)
Mas'udeh to E. Tel Ebresh 2 m. to E.
Lesageh, f m. to W.
Shawutteh (Sharuti ?), ^ m. to E.
Selamuu 'Aleik lake to W.
Deyyoh to W. of track.
Dadushti, f m. to E.
Tel Sesh, 1 m. to E.
Jumcah., 2 m. to E.
c Ain Tari to E.
Cross Jaghjagha river by Nisibin bridge, a 12-arched
stone structure.
Nisibin.
Cultivation begins
MES. IV

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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'. ).

Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script
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