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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [8v] (21/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 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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12 BOUNDARIES AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
General Character of the Istranja Country. The whole Istranja
mountain system from north-west to south-east is covered
with wood, except in the valleys and on the highest peaks.
This wood is chiefly oak and beech, and a certain amount of
pine ; none of the trees attain to any great size, and the bulk
of the hill country is covered only with scrub and thick
underwood, difficult to traverse and offering excellent cover.
On the higher slopes, the exterior of the granite tends to
decompose, for mi ng a rough broken surface on which walking
is difficult. The valleys afford some scope for cultivation
and pasturage, and the hills support a few sheep. But as
a whole the Istranja district offers no resources or supplies,
just as it offers no fit route or means of communication
through it. There are two made roads through the northern
part of the Istranja, in European Turkey, one from Kirk
Kilisse to Tirnovo (within the Bulgarian frontier) ; the other
from Bunarhissar through Samakov to Iniada. Farther
south there is a road from Chatalja through Istranja village
to Serai, and from there on to Midia, on the Black Sea coast;
but this is a very bad road.
The Natural Approach to the Chatalja Peninsula
There is thus no natural approach to the Chatalja Penin
sula and Constantinople from the north-east, by way of the
Istranja Dagh. The only route which is comparatively free
from natural obstacles and moderately rich in natural
resources is from Burgas westward along the country between
the Istranja and the Balkans. By this way the Tunja
Valley can be reached, and, down the Tunja, Adrianople.
A short cut was taken by the Bulgarians in 1912, when they
had sufficiently improved their roads to enable them to
break through the northern Istranja down the line Burgas-
Kirk Kilisse.
The Chatalja Lines. Whether, taking the land-route, one
approaches Constantinople from the direction of the Black
Sea (which is practically impossible), or from the west-north
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty , Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'
The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).
Contents (folio 6):
Section I
- I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);
- II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);
- III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);
- IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);
- V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);
- VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);
- VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);
- VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);
- IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);
- X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).
Section II. Itineraries.
- Roads, p 193(f 107);
- Railways, p 276 (f 148v).
Index, p 307 (f 164).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents at folio 6, and an index at folios 164-170.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; 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. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
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- 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 107r:170v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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