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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [212v] (429/530)
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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420
GAZETTEEE OF TOWNS
were reported in the latter part of 1915. Besides the American
College and Hospital there is a Franciscan monastery.
Administration. —'Aintab is the head-quarters of a leas a. Its
Kaimmakam is under Aleppo.
AIiEFFO (Haleb). In northern Syria, about midway between
the Mediterranean Sea and the river Euphrates. Alt. 1,215 ft.
Pop. 200,000-250,000. P.O. T.
Railway.—
(i) Line to Has el-Ain and Tel Ermen Jerablus. (See p. 412.)
(ii) To Islahiyeh, &c., north-westward.
(iii) To Damascus and beyond, southward.
Routes.—
(i) To Baghdad via Meskeneh and Fellujeh. (For the roads to
Meskeneh see Route 136. For the road Meskeneh—Fellujeh
see vol. iii, Boute 46: for river route see vol. iii,
IV E*H. For the road Fellajeh—Baghdad see vol. ii,
Boute 22.)
(ii) To Tel Ahmar. (See Boute 137 ; for continuation to Urfeh
see Route 124.)
(iii) To Birijik. (See Boute 139 ; for continuation to Diarbekr
see Boutes 113, 123 a and b, 120 a and b ; for continuation
to Veiran Shehr, Mardln, and Mosul see 123 a and b,
118, 116 a, b, c, and 94-90.)
(iv) To Mar'ash via Killis and Aintab. (See 152.)
(v) Eoutes to Mediterranean Coast, westward.
(vi) To Damascus via Hama and Homs, southward.
(vii) To Raqqah via Sukneh see vol. iii, 57.
General Description. —Aleppo, the chief town of Northern Syria,
lies in the valley of the Kuweik, extending over undulating ground,
with hills to W. and rising ground to E. Through the western part
of the city flows the Kuweik river, which is dry in summer, yet
well stocked with fish at other seasons. It is.bordered with ash,
maple, plane, silver poplar, tichlc, sumach, walnut, quince, pistachio,
and olive trees.
The tow T n was unfortified before the present war ; portions of the
old walls are still standing, but the city has spread far beyond them.
The streets, which form a tangled labyrinth, are on the whole clean,
and often are well paved and have side-walks. A characteristic
feature is the frequency of passages with pointed arches. The
bazaars are roofed generally with stone, sometimes with wood: they
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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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