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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [143v] (291/348)
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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266
ROADS AND TRACKS—ROUTE 22
miles
41
Branch track E. (general direction NE.), descending
steeply after 1 mile, and rejoining main road after 5
miles (see below).
Road crosses to E. bank of the Velika Dere by
wooden bridge (1908). This bridge has probably been
replaced. There is a steep descent to the bridge.
This stream is usually 12 yards wide and 2 -| ft. deep,
; flowing over shingle. Ford above the bridge. Slight
! wooded fringe along the banks.
Track N. to Velika and telegraph line (from Malko
Tirnovo to Iniada and Samakov), 1^ mile.
Road turns SE. and skirts the S. side of ridge,
keeping some 300 ft. below the crest-line.
44| Alternative track from mile 361 comes in from
jsw. •
44f Road crosses to S. bank of the Avini Dere, an affluent
of the Bulanik Dere. It follows this affluent to
Samakov. From just beyond here to Samakov the
| country is open and stony.
47£ Samakov, pop. about 3,000, Greek. Situated on
a long bare spur, with streams | mile to S. and 1 mile
to N. Commanded by wooded heights on E. and W.
Soil sandy on top, but rock is reached very soon.
Head-quarters of a Nizam regiment, garrison of two
battalions of infantry, one mountain battery, and
a detachment of cavalry (1909). Military hospital,
75 beds. Telegraph line to Iniada and Malko Tirnovo.
Inhabitants wood-cutters and charcoal-burners.
Track S. to Vize, 18 miles.
Road leaves E., and between here and Iniada passes
through densely wooded country.
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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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