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R oute No. 19— could
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istance in
miles.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remakks.
bEEJ
Thukub
4 Rabat
J ULAMERK
Nebunar Yaila
Manjenan ...
B ashkala
11
6
15
18
15
13
25
31
64
79
m
1001
Berj, a Sjnan village, and Jessi, a Kni'dish vil
lage, a little cultivation. Follow the valley up to
Thumb, a large Syrian village, cultivation and
trees, follow up the valley past the villages of
Guzarek and Gundik, the valley becoming more
and more sterile and rocky. After 9 miles cross
a col at its head, and cross a transverse valley,
then over another col deecending to
Rabat, a Kurdish villige near the head of the Thai
Yalley- This deep valley is followed down past
Becherat and other Kurdish villages to the junc
tion of the Thai with the Zab in 9 miles. The
left bank of the Zab is then followed up for 6
miles to a wooden bridge over it, which is crossed,
and the route then takes up through a side
ravine to
Julamerk. From Julamerk there are two routes
to Bashkala ; that usually followed crosses the
hills for 4 miles to the head of the valley of
Kochannes, the same as the route to Van, and
keeps over the high hills that here separate the
Zab Valley from the Bhotan Su to the
Nebunar Yaila at the head of the valley of the
Gerjanis Su. The right side of this valley is
followed in a northerly direction for 5 miles,
v here the stream is crossed, and its left bank is
followed in an easterlj direction down to
Manjenan. Several villages here in the valley.
Gerjanis is 2 miles lower. The route then
crosses over into the valley of the Sarishkhan Su
near Sanshkl-an, and thence northwards, crossing
another valley to
Banhkala. This is a most difficult route throughout
till close to Bashkala and quite impracticable for
wheels. Between Amadia and Julamerk it is larger
and quite as difficult as route No. 18. From
Julamerk there are two routes to Bashkala, that
described and one nearer the Zab,which appears to
be equally bad. The Zab itself, below the junction
of the Nehil Cliai, running in a very deep gorge
very difficult to pass. Bad as is this route and No. 18
they are made use of by great numbers of Kurds,
Nestorians migrating from Albak and Gavar
toBahdinan and Mosul. This report is taken
from routes of Colonel Bell, Mr. Binder, and Mr.
Devey. Colonel Bell went direct from Bashkala
to the Thai Valley.
Mr. Devey has reported on a route from Amadia by
Beit-es-Shabab on the Khabur basin to Sher-
nakh, but this traverses very difficult country
and seems to be little used.
For route between Bashkala and Van see Route
No. 26.