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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [100v] (207/350)
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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192
Kotjte No. 15— contd .
* 8 QAR'A TEPE . . 25-J-.—General direction
— N.W. by W. Road
153 follows south slope of
Hamrin range crossing numerous nullahs—at about 8 miles the
large round mound of Qara Tepe becomes visible on horizon to
west and the traveller should make for it unless he has certain
information that water is available in nullahs en route, the
largest of which are (from east to west) Chalat, Khumaisah and
Za’afarani. Going good but sandy from 8 to 12 miles. Sup
plies nil unless Arabs are camped near by. Fuel scanty. Water
from wells in summer. Grazing bad for horses or mules. Qara
Tepe is the centre of large grazing grounds whither Arabs
living along banks of the Tigris send their flocks. ’Ali Gharbi
is only 11 miles distant and supplies could always be obtained
thence.
Note. —Qara Tepe to ’Ali Gharbi. Direction S.S.W., distance 11 miles. Soil
clay—for the first 6 miles good grazing in spring—then 2 miles marshy and the
last 3 miles in the vicinity of the town under cultivation. There is no regular route
between these two places. (Dyer, March 1914).
9 BAKSAI . . . 30.—General direction
(BAGH-I-SHAHI) N.W. Across desert
183 avoiding as far as
possible the stony slopes of the Hamrin range. No water in
summer, but in winter and spring water is to be found in the
larger nullahs such as Chiftdarr ll^ miles or Za’afarani 20 miles.
There is an intermediate nullah at 15 miles with brackish water.
Baksai is a ruined village on Changulah River, Arabs and Lurs
camp in the vicinity : grazing poor, supplies nil, fuel plentiful
from river bed, water excellent from river but brackish in sum
mer. Khasil obtainable in season. Route diverges here up
Changulah valley joining Route 45 (alternative stages) of routes
in Persia, Volume III., part 2.
10 DARREH MALIH . 16.—General direction W.
(KHIR MALIH). Cross Changulah at 2
199 miles by easy ford,
taking' care to cross above the canal heads, strong bed-keep
in plain below south slope of Hamrin range—at 6 miles
a large nullah called Sarkhir enters plain—this nullah
contains brackish water just above where it enters plains.
Here main road to Saiyad Hasan and Kunjian Cham diverges
here.
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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.
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- 1 file (169 folios)
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The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
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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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