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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [88r] (180/230)
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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165
Route No. 12 (a)~contd.
13
37
14
<*!
FALLUJAH
43 i
Route passes over
shingle.
Arrive at Fallujah,
a town built of mud
and bricks, situated
on the left bank of the river; population 600. It is the seat
of a mudir, contains a mosque and a sarai, in upper storey of
which is a small room used by telegraph clerk. The mudir lives
in the lower part of the sarai. There is one building belong
ing to Kazim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the right bank near the bridge. There
is a good camping-ground for a small force on the left bank to
the north of the town, and another site for a camp for 100 men
on point of river bank opposite the town. There are two tele
graph wires going to Aleppo and two to Baghdad.
The river Euphrates is here spanned by a bridge of 25 boats,
breadth of bridge 12 feet, practically no handrail, bridge in a
state of disrepair, each boat is 30 feet long, 5 feet deep, and 11
feet wide.
Breadth of river at bridge is 227 yards, and current 1|
miles per hour, extreme depth 25 feet.
(1) Routes from Baghdad to Armenia and Syria.
The chief route from Baghdad to the north is by Dujail,
Harbah, and Samarra to Tikrit, 104 miles; while the main
route to the north-west passes by Abu Ghuraib, Fallujah, Ruma-
diyah, and Hit, and reaches, ’Anah at 216 miles. The Tikrit
route follows the Tigris, and the ’Anah route to the Euphrates
line. Forty days is about the time taken by a laden caravan
to reach the Mediterranean from Baghdad. The old postal route
between Damascus and Baghdad lies in an almost direct line
across the shol, or desert, and crosses the Euphrates at
Fallujah. It is over 500 miles in length, and the journey occupies
about 10 days. The camel post now travels vid Aleppo.
(c) From Baghdad to Sulimdniyah, via Saldhiyah (or Kifri),
165 miles.
(d) —(1) From Baghdad to Musal, vid Salahlyah (or Kifri),
Kirkuk, and Arbil, 294 miles.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 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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