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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [230v] (465/530)
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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456
GAZETTEEK OP TOWNS
Administration. —Van before the war was the capital of the
, of the same name, which included the of Van and Bash
Qal'ah. The town was administered by the Vali with the usual
nominal 'municipal council'. The Turkish garrison usually con
sisted of about 5 battalions of infantry, 2 squadrons of cavalry, and
2 mountain-batteries. There were British, Russian, and French
vice-consuls.
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VEIBAN SHEHR. About 50 m. ENE. of Urfeh and about
45 m. W. of Mardln. Pop. 4,000-5,000 {?).
Routes.—
(i) To Mardin. (See Routes 116 a, b, c.)
(ii) To Diarbekr. (See Routes 117 a, b, c.)
(iii) To Severek. (See JRoute 119.)
(iv) To Urfeh.. (See lioute 118.)
(v) To E-as el-'Ain. (See Rou 128.)
Veiran Shehr is a small town in a plain enclosed on N., W., and
E. by low rocky hills. To the S. the country is open to Eas el-'Ain.
The modern settlement is built among the ruins of an older city,
from which it derives its name. During the first years of the present
century the prosperity of the town and the neighbourhood increased
considerably under the rule of the late Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the leader of
the Kurdish Milli tribes, who had here the centre of his power.
Cultivation spread in the fertile plain near the town, and Kurdish
and Christian villages sprang up here. The place was plundered by
Turks and Arabs after Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's death in 1908, and many of
the inhabitants were murdered. A certain quantity of supplies
might be collected here, but there is no definite information on
the subject. Good water is to be had from springs and wells.
The inhabitants are mainly Kurds; there are also a few Circassians,
and some Syrian Christians (traders).
ZAKKO. About 60 m. KNW. of Mosul, and about 30 m. ESE.
of JezIret -ibn-'Omar. Pop. between 2,500 and 4,000.
Routes.—
(i) To Mosul. (See lioute 90 a.)
(ii) To Feishkhabur. (See Route 90 c.)
(iii) To Jeziret-ibn-'Omar. (See Route 90 a.)
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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