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Available descriptions (arranged by modern Turkish province)
Adana : Adana→ Karataş→ Sis (Kozan)→ Saimbeyli (Hacin)→
Adıyaman : Adıyaman→ Besni→ Şamşat→
Bingöl : Kiğı→
Diyarbakır : Diyarbakır (Diyarbekir) → Ergani→ Silvan (Farkin)→
Elazığ : Harput & Mezre (present day Elazığ)→ Palu→
Erzincan : Kemah→ Kemalye (Egin)→
Gaziantep: Gaziantep (Ayntab)→
Hatay : Antakya (Antioch→) Payas→ Polat→
Kahramanmaraş : Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)→ Elbistan→ Göksun→ Zeytun (Süleymanlı)→
Kilis : Kilis→
Mardin: Mardin→ Midyat→ Nusaybin→
Şanlıurfa (Urfa): Urfa (Şanlıurfa)→ Birecik→ Ceylanpınar (Ras-el-Ain)→ Viranşehir→
Tunceli (Dersim) : Çemişgezek→ Hozat→ Pülümür→ Mazgirt→
SYRIA
Haleb: Haleb (Aleppo)→
Maunsell, F.R.
Military report on Eastern Turkey in Asia. vol.IV Middle Euphrates Valley. Country from the Gulf of Alexandretta towards Erzurum and Bitlis. Compiled for the Intelligence Department. War Office, 1904
Adana
Halep (Aleppo)
Tarsus
Karataş
Sis (Kozan)
Hacin (Saimbeyli)
Hisnimansur (Adıyaman)
Besni
"kaimakam under Kharput": Harput (close to present day Elazığ) was the popular name of the province of Mamuretülaziz
Şamşat
Kiğı
Diyarbekir (Diyarbakır)
Ergani
Silvan (Farkin, Miyafarkin)
Palu
Kemah
Egin (Kemaliye)
Ayntab (Gaziantep)
Birecik
Antakya
Payas
Polat (near Doğanşehir, Malatya)
Maras (Kahramanmaraş)
Alexandretta = İskenderun
Elbistan
Göksun
Zeytun (Süleymanlı)
Kilis
Malatya
Arapkir
Harput and Mezre (Elazığ)
Mezre ("Yeni Harput") is present day Elazığ, the capital of Elazığ province
Mardin
Midyat
Nusaybin
Mersin
Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
Viranşehir
Ras-el-Ayn (Ceylanpınar)
Çemişgezek
Hozat
Pülümür
Mazgirt
This volume is part of a series of formerly classified British handbooks for military use. Among others, contains detailed route descriptions, concise information on towns and cities, and lists of tribes.
The following information from this source can be found on this website:
Tribes listed by Maunsell are also included in the Alphabetical Tribes Index