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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [128v] (263/350)
The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 1917. 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. 31— contd.
Remarks .—As Routes (11) and (12).
Reference .—General staff, Mesopotamia Expeditionary
Eorce.
(14) Ahwaz-Ramus.
Total distance .—59 miles.
Road .—Passable for all arms throughout.
Supplies .—A large area of wheat grown in good years but a
•great scarcity in bad years.
Water .—Available throughout; often brackish though
drinkable.
Reference .—Route in Persia, Volume III, Part 2, Route
No. 13.
(15) Ahwaz-Wais-Salmieh. (The Lynch Road).
Total distance .—42 miles.
Road .—Presents no difficulties for wheeled traffic. Runs
-across flat, barren plain.
Supplies .—Would have to be collected at Ahwaz.
Water. —Ahwaz-Wais from Karun. Wais-Salmieh from
wells which an advance party would have to be detailed to pre
pare. Water slightly brackish.
Reference.—-Routes in Persia, Volume III, Part 2, Route
No. 13.
(16) Wais-Shustar-Dizful.
Total distance .—83 miles.
Road.-—An easy pack road. There would probably be no
•difficulty in the construction of a cart road, but as it stands
at present it is impassable for wheels.
Supplies .—Probably large supplies could be collected after
harvest. The inhabitants of the district own large flocks of
sheep and goats.
Water .-—From the Karun River.
Reference .—Routes in Persia, Volume III, Part 2, Route
No. 17.
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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.
The volume is divided into the following chapters:
- I. History.
- II. Geography.
- III. Population.
- IV. Resources.
- V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
- VI. Maritime.
- VII. Administration.
- VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.
The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.
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- 1 file (169 folios)
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The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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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