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'Field notes. Mesopotamia' [95r] (194/230)
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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APPENDIX A.
Note on Qatar Peninsula and Dohah.
The Qatar Peninsula, to the east of the island of Bahrain, is
ruled by Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Jasim, a rich and powerful chief,
who has a following of about 2,000 lighting men. Some few years
ago his father was engaged in hostilities with the Turks, who
succeeded, after some hard fighting, in establishing a garrison in
the fort of A1 Bida’ (Dohah ) on the eastern side of the' i peninsula
and in reducing Jasim to nominal subjection. He is now styled
qaim-maqam of the peninsula under.the Porte, and flies the Turkish
flag, but he dislikes his rulers and would be glad to be rid of them.
The Bani Hajar tribes can muster about 4,500 fighting men, which
with the Shaikh’s 2,000, would give altogether 6,500; but 4,500
represents as large a force as he is ever likely to bring together.
Since about 1900 various attemps have been made by the Porte
to assert its sovereignty in other parts of the Qatar peninsula,
and in 1910 Turkish mudirs were to be despatched to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
,
? Odaid, Wakrah, and Abu ’Ali Island. His Majesty’s Government,
however, protested against this, and, indeed, have never acknowl
edged Turkish rule in A1 Qatar.
In 1913 Turkey consented to remove her garrison from Qatar;
but that agreement has not yet been signed, hence the garrison
remains.
Dohah .-—Dohah which is the chief town of Qatar, stands on
the south side of a deep bay on the Qatar Peninsula, which forms
a natural harbour about 3 miles in circumference. The harbour
is landlocked with a narrow and shallow entrance, allowing no
entry to ships of over 15' draught. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
inside the
harbour vary from 3 to 5 fathoms and are regular. Landing is
easy, and not likely to be interfered with by a swell. There
is no information about any piers or wharves.
The town is built up the slopes of some rising ground, and has
a frontage towards the sea of nearly 2 miles.
The Turkish garrison lives in the fort of A1 Bida’, which is
in the centre of the town and a little back from the sea.
The garrison consists of, at the most, 100 infantry and the r e
are said to be 12 gunners in charge of two old guns. There is an
outpost of eight Turkish soldiers in a tower, over the well of
Rushairib, about a mile from the fort.
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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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