"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٥٣٠/١٣٨)

ROUTES 67 b, 68 a
129
Miles from
Mosul
Steep descent in zigzags for 100 yds. to a small stream ;
m. to 1. is
Bebat or Bibaidi, a small village situated among orchards
and cultivation. There is an Anglican mission-station
here. A very steep and difficult road, almost impassable
for mules, leads from Bebat, over well-wooded hills, to
the Berwari district, crossing the Ser Amadiyeh range
some distance W. of the Amadiyeh—Julamerk road,
see Boutes 68 a, and 68 b, m. 5. It reaches Heyis,
lioute 68 b, m. 8^, a distance of about 12 m.
Route 67 a joins here.
Descend by an easy track down a small spur.
Cross a stone bridge (alt. 2,635 ft.) 23 yds. long and 8 ft.
wide, of 2 arches of roughly squared stones. The stream,
a tributary of the Qara Su, flows along the W. side of
the plateau on which Amadiyeh lies.
The stream valley is deep and narrow, with sides thickly
wooded and cultivated in terraces of rice, wheat, and
Indian corn. Some fine poplar, ash, and sycamore trees.
Track now steep up to the plateau. Ground cut up by
ravines.
Amadiyeh (alt. 2,760 ft.).
EOUTE 68 a
AMADIYEH—JULAMEEK (64 M.)
Via D eie M aesova
Authorities:— Military Beport cn E.T.A., vol. iii. Route 120 (report of 1901), sup
plemented by more recent information.
General direction, KE. The road passes over the Ser Amadiyeh,
a ridge rising to an altitude of about 10,000 ft., and descends through
the well-wooded Berwari district, to the Great Zab river. It crosses
this at 13 m , goes E. for a short distance into the Tkhuma district,
at m. 21 crosses Route 68 b (about m. 36), and then, turning N., crosses
a ridge and again descends to the Zab (m. 31^). It follows the
1. bank of the river, at m. 55 meets Route 68 b, and crosses the river
again at m. 60|. Beyond this it turns up a ravine to Julamerk.
The track is extremely bad, hardly fit for laden mules, which, in
fact, have to be unloaded at certain places. Many small villages are
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