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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [76r] (156/230)
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. 4— contd.
BAGHDAD1YAH 21J m. 410| m. Enter a wide loon
of the river in which
are the ruins of a mud,
fort called Baghdadiyah, on some low sandy mounds, rising,
100 feet above the river which winds very much here.
. SUWAIPvAH. .. 10 m. 420 |to. On the west bank,
(or Jazirah, near the north end of
or Juwaimisah) this loop, is Suwairah,
a settlement of 50 houses.
A few gardens behind the village and a small mud fort at the
north end of the place, 100 yards square with loopholed
walls 20 feet high and circular flanking towers at the corners
for defence against Arab raids. A khan about 1 mile above
the village.
CTESIPHON .. 50 470£ to. Enter a long bend,
(Taq-i-Kisra) near Ctesiphon, which
doubles back almost
on itself. The Arch of Ctesiphon, or the Taq-i-Kisra, stands in
the chord of the bend, overlooking the ruins of Seleucia on the
west bank, and Ctesiphon on the east. It is a good landmark,
visible 3 hours off.
There was a small gunpowder
factory
An East India Company trading post.
on the west bank,
which utilized the saltpetre found in the vicinity, but it is
now unused.
DIYALAH RIVER .. Pass the mouth of
the Diyalah. Several
small mud villages of
both banks, while the fringe of cultivation on the banks become
nearly continuos.
There is a boat bridge of 13 pontoons over the Diyalah
near the junction of he Baghdad-Kut-al-Amarah route.
Below Baghdad, and above the mouth of the Diyaiah, is
an island with brushwood and trees ; the banks are lined with
date gardens 4 to f mile from the bank, beyond which is an
extent of cultivated country. Each date garden is surrounded
by a high mud wall and irrigated by water-lifts
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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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- 'Field notes. Mesopotamia'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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