. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. -^^^^.i^iir^^l^lr^ ^z--*-^- shall, N )ese]rt ^«?«<-f^«^^^^llo^;;ff|^^ -,/^<r A Kail o :) i/t- constructiotL .^^^. cah Jakerch VI. MESOPOTAMIA AND BABYLONIA. Houte. Page Practical Hints 389 Geographical Sketcli 391 Historical Sketch 393 48. From Aleppo to Urfa (Edessa) 396 From Meiiibij to Urfa via Birejik 397 Harran (Karrhse). Samsfit (Samosata) 398, 399 49. From Urfa to Diarbekr 399 Weiranshehir . - 400 60. From Diarbekr to Mosul 401 a. Voyage on the Tigris 401 I). Land Route vi


. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. -^^^^.i^iir^^l^lr^ ^z--*-^- shall, N )ese]rt ^«?«<-f^«^^^^llo^;;ff|^^ -,/^<r A Kail o :) i/t- constructiotL .^^^. cah Jakerch VI. MESOPOTAMIA AND BABYLONIA. Houte. Page Practical Hints 389 Geographical Sketcli 391 Historical Sketch 393 48. From Aleppo to Urfa (Edessa) 396 From Meiiibij to Urfa via Birejik 397 Harran (Karrhse). Samsfit (Samosata) 398, 399 49. From Urfa to Diarbekr 399 Weiranshehir . - 400 60. From Diarbekr to Mosul 401 a. Voyage on the Tigris 401 I). Land Route via Mardin and Nesibin 403 Sinjar . . .^ 403 Nineveh. Khorsabad (Diir ShaiTukin). NimrOd . . 404 51. From Mosul to Baghdad (Gaugamela, Arbela) . . 404 52. Baghdad 406 Excursion to Babylon 408 Hilleh. Birs (Barsip). Kerbela 409 Niffer (Nippur) 410 From Baghdad to Basra (Ctesiphon. Seleucia) . . 410 53. From Aleppo to Baghdad along the line of the Euphrates 411 The concession for the building of the Baghdad Railway, forming aprolongation of the Anatolian Railway from Haidar Pasha (Constantinople)to Konia, was granted by the Turkish Government to a Franco-Germansyndicate on Jan. 22nd, 1902. The construction must be


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