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'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' [‎80r] (164/312)

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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Route No IX.—Amadiyeh to Mosul via Daoudiyeh and
Dohuk.
3rd to 7th June.
SliGBS.
Hours
inarching.
Distaitcb,
IV MILES.
Bate in
miles per hour.
Intermediate.
Total.
Daoudiyeh ..
...
• ••
7-50
22
22
2-93
Bada
• ••
...
7-iJ5
22
44
3-03
Zahoa
,
...
5-75
18
62
313
Tel Ouskof .

...
8-50
24-5
86-5
2*88
Mosul

...
550
18
104-5
327
3 rd June.—General direction, W. Leaving Kwaneh (2,775') at 4-45
A M., we followed a track rounding the southern end of the Amadiyeh plateau.
We crossed several ravines, containing gravelly soil, interspersed with ledges of
sandstone nearly horizontal; which cut deep in the clay soil, and run south
towards the head-waters of the Ghara. The country is rough, but a passable
road for guns could be found.
At 3^ miles cross the Rudbar Amadiyeh, a large stream which flows from
Amadiyeh gardens (2,635') round the west side of the plateau southward
towards the Ghara.
Several mills were seen. The banks were lined with walnut, poplar, sycamore
and ash, and the slopes cultivated in terraces of rice and wheat. Several small
clusters of houses were scattered along the stream bank—some Kurdish and
some Christian.
A small two-arched masonry bridge crosses the stream. The road ascends
immediately, crossing some gravelly spurs, mostly bare and uncultivated, from
the range to the north. This range is a continuation of the bare rocky ridge
above Amadiyeh. It is called here the Ser-i-Amadiyeh (Ainsworth calls it
the Matineh Dagh). It continues west-north-west for some 20 miles. On
the north side of it lies the Berwari district.
Bebat .—At 5 miles pass Bebat, one of several small villages situated close
to the foot of the range, where a spring gives the necessary water for cultiva
tion.
A group of orchards with poplars and sycamores surrounds the village,
and the hillside is cultivated with wheat and rice in terraces.
Our road leads nearly due west, crossing several small streams running
south.
Snpna Valley .—To the south the valley is now from 6 to 8 miles wide,
and is known as the Supna Valley. It is much cut up by deep ravines.
The Ghara Dagh to the south is a series of low wooded ridges with long
spurs.
At 7^ miles skirt round the south end of a plateau similar in shape to
Amadiyeh but smaller and lower. A long flat-topped spur extends across
the valley from it.
Biriazan .—Half a mile to the north-east is Biriazan (3,100'), a small
Kurdish village similar to Bebat. Our road by keeping close to the Ser-i-
Amadiyeh avoids the deeper ravines to the left.
Pass Kadesik, a Kurdish village to the south, and Anishik (3,210'), a large
Christian village on the hillside to the north.

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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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