'Military Report on Iraq. Area 2 (Upper Euphrates)'

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43

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The record is made up of 1 Volume (66 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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This volume prepared by the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq was published as part of a series of ten similar military reports on Iraq after the First World War. The report covers the history, geography, climate, demography, natural resources, ethnography and important personalities of the Upper Euphrates region of Iraq. The report's focus is on the military capabilities of various populations, their political allegiances, and the basic economic infrastructure of the region.

Extent and format

1 Volume (66 folios)

It is grouped into

'Upper Euphrates Tribal Chart'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43, f 67

Arrangement

The volume includes a table of contents on folio 4, and an index from folios 114-119.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43
Date(s): 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Military intelligenceDemographic statisticsIndigenous populations
Places: Iraq
People & organisations: British Forces in Iraq

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43, f 67
Title: 'Upper Euphrates Tribal Chart'
Pages: 67r
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43
Title: 'Military Report on Iraq. Area 2 (Upper Euphrates)'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:66v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43, f 67
Title: 'Upper Euphrates Tribal Chart'
Pages: 67v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence