'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎86r] (178/350)

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there are several irrigation cuts—breadth about 12 feet—which
would require bridging for wheeled transport. (If these marshes
are found^ impracticable, an alternative route may be taken
as follows: —Leaving ’Aziziyah, the route runs N.E. to the
Nahrwan canal, which is followed until the marshes are passed.
A detour of about 25 miles is thus made to Zuwair or Robaida.
The going is fairly good in all seasons. At mile there is a
thickly wooded bend (Qutuniyah) giving a good supply of fire
wood. Here there are easy watering places in the dry season,
but in the flood season the banks are steep and watering difficult.
From Qutuniyah the road runs N.W. There is a continuation
of the marsh on the right of the road, but it is practicable for
wheeled transport except during an exceptionally high rise.
The road runs direct to Zuwair close alongside the telegraph line.
. If necessary, an alternative route may be taken from Qutuniyah
due north for about 4 miles, passing beyond the telegraph line
across a marl plateau; then turning due west to Zuwair.
The' Zuwair camping ground is about £ a mile north of
Zuwair. Two and a half miles south of Zuwair is the compara
tively high ground of Bagdadie.
Firewood is plentiful at a distance of 1 mile from camping
ground in the grounds of Muhammad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Daghistani’s house
at Robaida.
Watering is difficult for a large number of animals.
6 BUST AN . . . 15.—General direction of
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91 Zuwair the going is
good, except after rain, when it becomes heavy. At mile 2
Muhammad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Daghistani’s house is passed on the left (south)
side of the road at a distance from it of about 2 miles. Near this
house is a good camping site on fairly high grdund. A branch
telegraph line here crosses the Tigris on two high poles, which
form a good landmark, to Jumaisah (also called Jazirah and
Suwairah) a village on the right bank, and the headquarters of the
Jazirah Qadha. A few supplies can be obtained here, and there is
a telegraph office. At mile 8 , the road crosses an old spill channel
by an embankment about 80 yards long and 30 feet wide.
Breadth of this depression is about 40 yards; depth about 20
feet, with steep banks. When the Tigris is low the depression.