"تقرير عسكري عن بلاد الرافدين (العراق)" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٢٢٦/٣٢)

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Shaikhs, they were allowed to return to their homes and
have been quiet ever since. It is estimated that 800 rifles
are concealed in the houses of the town. The majority
of the inhabitants are Sunnis, but there are also a few
Shiahs.
Water and Hygiene .—Water is unlimited from Tel
Afar stream, but is sulphurous and possessed of mildly
aperient properties. A pump has been erected by British
troops for pumping water to a tank on the Qalah hill
and water troughs in the military quarter. The Tel
Afaris are the most insanitary people in Iraq, and have
taken hardly to any sanitary arrangements set up.
About and in the town lie a dozen hills the accumulated
deftecations of seven centuries, the odour whereof is
neither of sanctity nor of Hyblas’ flowers.
Commerce and Supplies .—Tel Afar, although the
centre of a rich agricultural district, suffers little from
modern commercialism. The inhabitants pride them
selves on their character and freedom from the taint of
huckstering. Consequently, there are no shops and only
parochial exchanges of wdieat, meat, etc., in the small
market places. What surplus of grain produced is taken
to Mosul and bartered there for lamps, oil, clothes, etc.
Provided full control is exercised in the district, a
brigade of infantry could be maintained throughout the
year on local supplies. The following is an approximate
amount of various grains, etc., grown in the Tel Afar
district during 1920
Wheat
Barley
Millet
Lentils
Beans
Mash
Cotton
Tobacco
Sesame
Peas
Vegetables
Fruit
8,500 tons.
6,600 ,,
40 „
50 ,,
9 „
9 „
18 „
1 „
9 „
3 „
110 „
360 ,,
There are between 200,000 to 300,000 sheep pasturing in
the district.
Crazing .—Unlimited in spring for horses, cattle, sheep
and camels.