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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [132v] (269/530)
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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260
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Mosul
104|
106i
108
108|
113
184 ?
Tiran or Tirani, ruined village.
Outer hills now lower and broader.
Pass a large ravine running into the hill.
Gifri village, with fig cultivation.
Well in the valley.
Samukha, large village in a ravine, from the mouth of
which the village and lake of Khatuniyeh is about 12 m,
WNW.
Tracks lead from here to Sekenik on the S. side of the
hills.
Leave Samukha in a NNW. direction through fairly level
plains. Some grass and thorn.
The bearings given by the authority for his route across
the plain to Nisibin contain some confusion, and the line
he followed cannot be traced. According to his reckoning
he reached the Radd Su at m. 146^, crossed it at m. 151^,
reached the Jaghjagha (approached across marshy,
reedy ground) at m. 162, and crossed it near Hainu at
m. 174, where its bottom was of mud and sand.
Nisibin.
EOUTES 93 a, b
JEZlRET-IBN-'OMAR—NISIBIN
General Note
The routes from Jezlret-ibn-'Omar to Nisibin run over the undulating
country at the southern foot of the Tur Abdin plateau, which presents
the appearance of a great wall rising abruptly from the plain. _ There are
two routes, a northern and a southern. The former is described as the
caravan route, the latter as a post-road. These routes would seem
to coincide to the neighbourhood of Tel-i-Bel (m. 19) and again from
Latlfeh to Nisibin (the last 4 m. of the way): between Tel-i-Bel and
Latlfeh they are within a few miles of each other. The southern
route appears to be a few miles longer than the northern, and is
difficult, owing to heavy going, in winter. It may be remarked that
the difference in length between the two routes is probably not so
great as suggested by the estimates in the text. See note at end of
introduction to Eoute 93 b.
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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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