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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [57r] (118/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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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The chief personality in the tribe is Hamid al Haichal,
a cheerful, satyric ruffian with a strain of negroid blood.
He has a voice like Stentor and a reputation in the
lists of Venus in keeping with his voice. He appears
shrewd and capable, but in reality is rather bucolic.
The only other personality worth recording is Jarullah,
his brother, who is a quiet, unassuming man with a good
business head—as a small farmer. He cultivates in Ain
Ghazal, and has ideas of water-power.
Punitive measures can be effectively carried out from
Tel Afar or Balad Sin jar. A note to Hammu Shiru that
the extirpation of the Mutaiwid is desirable would see
this result achieved. The village might also be bombed.
In case a force were required to operate from Tel Afar,
it could use the Tel Afar-Sinjar road, from which villages
are easily accessible. Water supplies exist at Ain Hasan,
Umm al Shababit and Ain Ghazal for one brigade
throughout the year. The terrain is passable to move
ment of cavalry and infantry in all directions, but
wheeled traffic would be confined to the main Tel
Afar-Sinjar road.
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- Content
This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
- Extent and format
- 200p, 18cm
- Arrangement
The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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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- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42
- Title
- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence