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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [84r] (172/230)
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, 10— contd.
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the road, Is a 2 -storeyed brick house, behind which are about -0
mud huts. ,,
After crossing the Kharr bridge the road trends to the south,
separating from^he bridge embankments *hreh eonrinues eve ^
ward for about 2 miles and ends m the desert. Wear mne o
The road strikes a bend of the Tigris, but again immediately
leaves it. . .
At mile 6 , Khan-al-Kharabah, a ruined caravansarai,
passed on the east of the road. ^
About mile 10 there is marshy ground, sometimes dry, on
both sides of the road. Beyond this as far as Mahmudiyah th
country traversed is dry desert. _
At mile 13 there is another deserted caravansarai, Khan
Azad, on the west side of the road.
As Mahmudiyah is entered the canal °f the same name
from the Euphrates is crossed: the canal is here 27 feet broad
smdTd feet^deep, and the bridge over it is l^e^
small arch of 6 feet span m the middle. A little hig P
canal is only 10 feet broad.
Mahmudiyah, an increasing town on the south bank of the
canal of the same name, with 150 houses, a dozen^hops U
khans, and about 1,000 souls. These khans are mostly d f
ible, one of them being partly loopholed and prodded mth
circular towers at the four corners; in SS » , ,,
would provide accommodation for about 1,000
same number of animals. _ .
The canal flows for* 8 or 9 months in the year, and irrigates
fields of wheat, barley and millet.
At Mahmudiyah there are
a few regular soldiers.
2 MUSAIYIB .. 20 m. South-south-west.
At mile 5, Khan-Ai-
— T. T3ir. a caravansarai
41m. . ,
now deserted, stands on the west side of the road.
some
mounted Zaptiahs and
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- Content
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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- 'Field notes. Mesopotamia'
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