!['Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890' [‎5r] (14/312)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x00004d/IOR_L_PS_20_144_0014.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890' [‎5r] (14/312)")
'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890' [5r] (14/312)
The record is made up of 1 volume (152 folios). It was created in 1890. 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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PREFACE.
The series of reconnaissances the detailed reports of which are
given in these two volumes were carried out under the orders of
General Chapman, c.b., a.d.c., Quarter Master General in India,
under the direction of Colonel M. S. Bell, v.c., a.d.c., Deputy
Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch.
The object was to explore various tracts of little known
country through which roads lead north from the head of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the Wallat of Van and North-West Persia
near Urmia.
To accomplish this, two routes through Luristan from the
Tigris valley were travelled. In Southern Kurdistan the roads
from Kifri to Sulaimaniah, from there to Bawanduz, and Baw-
anduz to Amadiyeh, were gone over in Turkey, and Suj-Bulak to
Karmanshah through Sakiz and Sihna in Persia. The country
south of lake Van to Mosul was traversed in the routes Amadiyeh
to Mosul, Mosul to Jazirah, Jazirah to Bashkala, Bashkala to
Urmia, and Urmia to Suj Bulak through Ushnu. The report has
been compiled in two volumes—the first containing the Narrative
Report, description of large towns and routes leading to and from
them, the various tribes, religions, &c.
Volume II gives a detailed description of the routes trav
elled between the principal points, and is intended chiefly as a
supplement to Volume I.
The barometer heights have been worked out, and inserted in
the detail of Volume II. >
They were taken with an aneroid, and the heights are rela
tively correct. They are measured in feet above sea level at the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], North-West Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestān]. The preface provides the following information:
'The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Waliat of Van and North-West Persia near Urmia. To accomplish this, two routes through Luristan from the Tigris valley were travelled. In southern Kurdistan the roads from Kifri to Sulaimaniah, from there to Rawanduz, and Rawanduz to Amadiyeh, were gone over in Turkey, and Suj-Bulak to Karmanshah through Sakiz and Sihna in Persia. The country south of lake Van to Mosul was traversed in the routes Amadiyeh to Mosul, Mosul to Jazirah, Jazirah to Bashkala, Bashkala to Urmia, and Urmia to Suj Bulak through Ushnu.'
The report contains the following illustrations:
- Tak-i-Girra, looking east (f 42).
- Sketch showing the Town of Rawanduz [Rāwāndūz], (f 63).
- Sketch showing the bridge at Rawanduz. (f 66).
- Sketch showing Amadiyeh [Al 'Amādīyah] from the north-east, (f 76).
- Sketch showing the bridge of Mosul (f 85).
The report contains the following maps:
- Pass of Tak-i-Girra, on the Baghdad-Kermanshah Route, December 1889 (f 41).
- Country in vicinity of Rawanduz, May 1889 (f 64).
- Plateau of Amadiyeh and surrounding country, June 1888 (f 74).
- Plan of Mosul and surrounding country, corrected from Jones' survey, August 1889, (f 87).
- Country between Feishkhabur [Fīsh Khābūr] and Zakho, June 1888, (f 101).
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- 1 volume (152 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 154; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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