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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [142v] (289/530)
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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280
LAND ROUTES
with brushwood and stunted oak-trees. Most of the villages are
Kurd, some Syrian. Water-supply is almost entirely from rain
water cisterns. Supplies of grain are rather scanty, but there are
plenty of sheep and goats.
Nisibin. Leaving Nisibin in a northerly direction, cross
stony almost level ground up r. bank of the Jaghjagha
stream.
Shanisheh, 1. On r. and on the far bank of the stream
some distance farther on is Bawerd. Enter hills and
follow valley of the Jaghjagha Su, bordered with
gardens.
Qalah el-Bunisri (Qal'at esh-Sheikh Ahmed ?), a village
on a hill-top, 1.
Cross to 1. bank of stream by a rough, narrow bridge of
trees and stones; the river is deep and unfordable.
Thence rough and stony, winding up valley.
Junction of Av-i-Resh (Qara Su) and Av-i-Spi (Aq Su),
which form the Jaghjagha. The water of the former
is dark and not good ; that of the latter is clear and
drinkable.
Eeach springs forming the source of the Av-i-Spi, several
large caves in the neighbourhood ; thence up a narrow,
stony, winding valley, well wooded.
Alt. 3,050 ft. Crest of a bare stony plateau. Over a stony
flat to Nehel (Enhel), a Syrian village. Kain-water
cisterns. (Dalineh village is said to lie to the S. of
Nehel, but its position cannot be determined with
certainty. An authority of 1910 seems to put it about
7-9 m. from Midiat. Both Dalineh and Nehel are said
to be nests of robbers.) Thence gradual stony descent of
1 m., and 2^ m. along a narrow valley,
Eershef, a Kurdish village, r.
Descent begins to Midiat valley; gradual and stony for
| m., then 1 m. across cultivated ground.
Midiat.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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