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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [92v] (189/226)
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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170
Stages.-^ Mile.
( 1 ) Homaidat 8
( 2 ) Abu Maria 28
(3) Tel Afar 37
(4) Ain Hisan 52
(5) Ain Ghazal 68
( 6 ) A1 Bidea ... ... ... ... 96
(7) Fadhgham 128
( 8 ) Khabur 142
(9) Tel Suwar 160
( 10 ) Busairah 190
( 11 ) Dair al Zor ... ... ... ... ... 214
It will be seen that the route is passable for an infantry
force up to a division as far as Ain Ghazal, while from
there to Balad Sinjar, which is 7 miles to the north-west.
From Ain Ghazal, the route is only passable to L.A.M.
cars and two cavalry regiments at the most.
2. MOSUL to TEL AFAB.
(i) Via Homaidat and Abu Maria as for Route 1.
(ii) Via Jabal Atshan and Muwaili.
Genem/. This route is passable with difficulty through
out for Ford vans. The only difficult portion is that
through the Jabal Atshan, where a week’s labour on a
small pass about 1 mile long would render the whole road
passable for wheels.
Water. —Muwaili, mile 13, sufficient for two cavalry
regiments.
Tel Afar, mile 34, sufficient for one division. Water for
one cavalry regiment could be obtained at Tel Mujarinah,
mile 22 .
Supplies. — Nil.
Transport. —N il.
Fuel. — Nil.
Obstacles—¥ ass in Jabal Atshan, mile 8 to 9 ; 700 day
men to remove stones and widen track.
Grazing. — Nil, owing to cultivation.
Camps. —For one brigade at each stage.
Inhabitants.—Friendly Jubur tribesmen and Tel
Afaris.
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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.
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- 200p, 18cm
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The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
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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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- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- 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
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