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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [105r] (216/350)
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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201
Route No. IT— contd.
3
SHATKAH
. 10.—Two creeks, one
small, the other, the
37
Abu Shabeba about 18
feet wide,
both dry or
practically so.
4
TELLOH
. . . 12.—Cross Shatt-al-Gharaf
49
5
MESEFI
above Abu Mahaw.
. . . 15.—The stage is opposite
64
Mesefi. #
6
JALAT SIKAR . . 16.
80
7
HAI
.12.
92
, 8
ZENABIA
. . 16.
108
9
KUT .
. 12.—On left bank of Tigris,
120
with the boat bridge
some 2 miles below it.
(b) Water Routes.
In nornaal years there is no through water route from Nasiri-
yah to Shatrah.
This year (1915) owing to exceptionally high water, the Turks
were able twice to put convoys of small heliums through by the
Umm Jamal Channel. This was only possible for about 3 weeks.
Normally in the flood season large heliums pass up the Khor
Husainiyah in the flood season from the Euphrates to the north
east limit of this Khor, which may be within 6 miles of Suwaij.
From Suwaij to Abu Mahaw, the Shatt-ash-Shatrah is about
12 feet broad and about 2 feet 6 inches deep in the flood season;
passable then for heliums of medium size. This channel is dry
or at least useless as a waterway, from August to February (?).
From Abu Mahaw to Kut, the Shatt-al-Gharaf is passable for
steamers of 4|- feet draft from February to June, and they turn
at Abu Mahaw. During July it is normally passable for small
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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).
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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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