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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [214v] (433/530)
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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424
GAZETTEEK OF TOWNS
At the south end of the plateau is a ruined Kurdish castle, with
masonry wall and two bastions, 3-4 ft. thick and 20 ft. high. This
wall is drawn across the plateau, cutting off a space of about 200 yds.
wide. Along the edge of the cliff is a low masonry wall with
embrasures and loopholes, having a fine command over the country
to the S. The plateau can be commanded from a spur of the main
range 1,500 yds. from the E. gate.
Amadiyeh has now little importance except as a route-centre.
Hygiene. —There is said to be a liability to fever in the hot summer
months.
Supplies and Commerce. —The bazaar, built partially among ruins,
is small and ill-supplied. Some rice and millet are grown in the
neighbourhood ; also tobacco, grapes, mulberries, pomegranates, and
walnuts. Dried fruits, cheese, and curds and whey have
been noticed on sale. Water comes from springs, one of which is on
the slope about 100 yds. outside the W. gate. There are no springs
on the summit of the plateau, but one account mentions wells as
situated there, the water of which is mostly bad in summer. Water
is also brought in skins on donkeys from the stream in the valley.
There is some trade in gall-nuts, and there are smiths' shops for
the repair of Kurdish weapons and knives. There are also some
weavers' shops kept by Jews.
Inhabitants. —The population consists for the most part of Kurds.
There are besides some Jews and a few Nestorians. (Before the war
the English Mission to the Nestorians had a station at Bibaydi on the
Dohuk road, about 3 m. from the town.) In summer most of the
inhabitants migrate to camps of booths on the mountain
Administration. —Amadiyeh is the head-quarters of a haza. Its
Kaimmakam is under Mosul.
BASH QAL AH. About T 50 m. SE. of Van and T 20 m. from the
Persian frontier, in the upper valley of the Great Zab. About 2,000
houses. Alt. 7,500 ft. T. (connexion with Van, Julamerk, Dlzeh,
Neri, and Dilman: before the war messages could not be sent in
European languages).
Routes.—
(i) To Julamerk. (See S69 ; for continuations to
Amadiyeh and Mosul see Routes 68 a and b, and 67 a
and b.)
(ii) To Eochannes. (See Boute 71 a and 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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