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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [80r] (164/226)
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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145
with pack transport and mountain guns. It should he
possible to establish a series of posts from Balad Sinjar
to the northern foothills—posts which would cut off the
western from the eastern Yezidis. In this way the latter
could be dealt with consecutively. The chief difficulty in
such operations would be the water supply in hot
weather. In the winter water is plentiful from streams,
which carry off the melted snow falling yearly on the
mountain top.
Family of Hammu Shirtt.
Hammu Shim—4 wives.
Darwish Sarkat Mirza Khudadat Sadu A Mu Ismail 3 daughters
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11 children 3 children 4 children
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3 grand-children
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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