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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [59v] (123/230)
The record is made up of 1 file (111 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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could be utilized. These houses are two-storied and of brick.
There is no stone in the country.
Harbour authorities and ?n7o^.—The British India Steam
Navigation Company has three regular pilots, Arabs, who know
the nver well. They were formerly nakhudas of laghalahs.
Ihe Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company have also
two pilots. Ihe quartermasters of the river steamers would
also be able to pilot steamers up the river. There are many
Arabs who are constantly going up and down the river in
oaghalahs and would prove useful in bringing steamers up the
Shatt-al-’Arab.
Muhammar'eh.
Anchorage, (a) Inner Anchorage. \ mile from the landing
place. It can only be used by small steamers up to 600 tons.
It cannot be used if the Karun be in flood. There is not room
to swing.
(6) Outer Anchorage. Between the entrance to the Hafar
canal and the west of Dabba island. There are moorin-s for 27
steamers in single file. B. I. boats usually anchor here.
Communication to the shore is by means of ballarns, baghalahs
lighters and barges, of which the following are available, in addi
tion to 5 tugs, one of which is suitable for heavy towing.
Following launches are also available:—
Anglo-Persian Oil Company .. .. 1
Shaikh of Muhammareh .. .. .. 2
Customs .. # . '' ” \
British Consul .. ['
The Shaikh of Muhammareh also has a steam yacht.
Name.
Capacity.
No.
Ballams ,.
8 horses, 20 men, or 140 mds.
200
Baghalahs
20 horses, 100 men, or 1,120 mds.
50
Iron lighters
20 horses, 100 men, or 1,400 mds.
4
Wooden barges ..
20 horses, 100 men, or 1,120 mds.
8
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The file consists of a publication of field notes concerning Mesopotamia. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Simla by the Government Monotype Press, 1915. Marked for official use only.
It is divided into the following chapters:
- history – an expedition to Muhammareh [Khorramshahr] (1857), the political situation, and the British position in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- geography – boundaries and geographical features;
- population – inhabitants, particularly Arab tribes;
- resources – including water, supplies, transport, and trade;
- military - distribution, strength, qualities, and camping grounds;
- maritime - distribution, strength, navigation, and landing facilities;
- administration - territory divisions and the system of organisation;
- communication - including lines of advance, railways, roads, telegraphs, telephones, and a list of principal routes used in Mesopotamia and Arabistan.
Also included are four appendices: notes on Qatar Peninsula and Dohah [Doha]; details of important personages; a glossary of Arabic and Turkish terms; and information on weights, measures, currency, and chronology.
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- 1 file (111 folios)
- Arrangement
The file consists of a single publication. A list of contents at the front of the volume (ff 4-5) and index at the rear (ff 103-111) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 113; 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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- Title
- 'Field notes. Mesopotamia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:112v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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