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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [132r] (268/530)
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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ROUTES 92 a, b
259
Miles from
Mosul
52
57
67
75
79
80
80^
SU
83|
84i
84|
85
91
93
96|r
99
103
Spring overflowing to form a stream which loses itself
about 1^ m. SE.
The E. end of the Sinjar hills lies WNW. from here.
Begin the gentle ascent of a range of low outliers.
After a short distance pass a pond or tank of brackish
water bordered by tall reeds.
Cross a small stream of good water and begin to descend
towards the base of the higher hills, crossing several
marshy ravines covered with reeds. Soil good but stony.
Some cultivation. Track runs along the base of low hills.
Turn suddenly SW. and ascend steeply.
Beln?cin village in plantations of fig-trees. The houses are
built in terraces one above the other on the NE. shoulder
of the mountain near the point where an outer range of
low hills joins the higher and precipitous inner one.
Fig and vine cultivation in terraces. Water from wells
at the foot of the hill about 1 m. from the village.
Track now runs W. through fig plantations.
Maqsi village. Two Yezidi tombs.
Pass Yusufeh. and Keichkeli, small villages.
Gundikili village, with a Yezidi tomb.
Pass Kushtanelx village.
Pass Haldinoh village.
Mogri and 'Amran, united villages. Track due W. between
the inner and the outer hills through fig gardens.
Outer low range of hills ends. Low oaks on the mountain.
Tomb of Sheikh Rami, a Yezidi place of pilgrimage, 8 m. N,
in the desert, surrounded by a grove of bay-trees.
Hills now become lower and more rugged, but thickly
covered with scrub and oaks.
Another low range of outer hills begins.
Pass many large ravines from the mountain.
Large ravine leading S. to Kirsi village.
Stream bordered with willows and poplars.
Pass Rauzeh 'Ashur, ruined village.
Pass a ravine running S. into the mountain.
Pass Ehaliq, extensive ruins.
Scanty stream running down into the valley below.
The hill-side here is low, bare, and rocky, with low oaks.
Dry grass in the plain. The authority here followed
says that there were herds of wild boars in this neigh
bourhood when he visited it.
r 2
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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.
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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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