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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [72v] (149/230)
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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Route No. 3—contd.
From mile 27 to mile 33, Island of Ziyadiyah.
At mile 33 Dawasir district (uninhabited from mile 27) ends,
and that of Saihan begins.
At mile 34, village of KhaSt; 40 huts; country hereabouts
barren except for date palms.
At mile 3fi, the Saihan creek, and beyond it to mile 37i the
district of Saniyah, w ith scattered huts and valuable date palms.
To mile 37f, the district of Qat’ah with 7 hamlets. The
Islands of Haji Salbuq, Bahriyas, and Cat’ah lie off this tract.
At mile 42J, the southern entrance of the Mutawa creek
dividing the district of Gat’ah from that of Ruwais, which is
now entered. It extends inland for miles.
At mile 43, district of Umm-al-Gharb, also bounded by the
Mutawa’ creek, here full of fish traps, and with the hamlets of
Badr, KaSban, and Kilal on its banks.
*or Mutaw'a’iyah. At mile 44, district of Muta-
wa’* with 5 small hut villages.
At mile 44J, the embouchure of the Karun river, on the right
bank of which, 1 £ miles from its confluence with the Shatt-al-
Arab, is Muhammareh.
At mile 45.1, the northern arm of the Mutawa’ creek, across
which is the village of Zain consisting of 100 huts and situated
opposite Umm-ar-RasaS—on Umm-abKhasaif island.
There are 6 or 7 other villages in this district of Zain.
4 BASRAH.. 20| m. West-north-west.
~ ^ 1 To mile 46|, through
m * the district of Zain when
route enters Faiyadhi, a tract subtended throughout its length
by the island of Umm-al-Yababi, and containing 5 hut villages.
At mile 47.1, route enters district of Baljanlvah, opposite
which are the north end of Umm-al-KhaSasIf island^, the island of
Shamshamiyah, and the south end of Tawaliah-island.
At mile 51tract of Abul Fulus, containing a dozen small
villages.
At mile 52f tract of Abu Ibgai; 8 or 9 hamlets.
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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)
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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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