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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [96r] (198/350)
The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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Boute No. 10— contd.
second requires bridging when the water is high. The Mushar-
rah Canal is some 30 yards wide with a minimum depth of 3
feet and a current of some 3 miles an hour. On arrival opposite
’Amarah, the Musharrah canal has to be crossed. This can be
done by boat near where the canal leaves the Tigris north of
’Amarah, and there is also a trestle bridge for foot traffic at this
point. After the Musharrah Canal the Jalahah Canal remains
to be crossed before reaching ’Amarah itself. This latter canal
is some 60 yards wide (there is a bridge of boats across it now)
unbridged and unfordable. But there are ample ferry boats.
’Amarah stands on a strip of land enclosed on the west by the
Tigris and on the north and east by the Jahalah Canal. It has
a river frontage of more than 1 a mile on the Tigris. The
southern quarter of the town consists of a row of 27 modern
houses forming six large blocks facing the river. The military
barracks and principal government buildings are in the northern
quarter. The population is about 10,000. On the right bank
of the Tigris opposite ’Amarah are flourishing plantations of
dates and other fruit trees and poplars in the midst of which is
the suburb of Daffas. The Tigris is spanned by a bridge of
boats. The neighbouring country raises large numbers of cattle
and a considerable quantity of wheat, barley, maize, rice and ghi
is also produced.
Alternative Stages.
(A) From AHWAZ to FHAFAJIYAH (Stage 3).
Authorities .—Intelligence Section, Mesopotamia
Expeditionary Force, with the assistance of Captain
A. T. Wilson.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
KUT SAYYID ’ALI
26
26.—A good track ever
open desert, fit for all
arms, and for motor
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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.
The volume is divided into the following chapters:
- I. History.
- II. Geography.
- III. Population.
- IV. Resources.
- V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
- VI. Maritime.
- VII. Administration.
- VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.
The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (169 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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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