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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [112r] (230/350)
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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Route No. 2%—contd.
ing wheat and rice to Baghdad. The Baghdad-Hillah line cf
telegraph, which is a double one, follows the alignment of the
road pretty closely as far as stage 2. This route is the main
line of communication between Persia and the holy places of
the Shi’ahs. During the winter months this journey is ren
dered uncomfortable by very cold winds from the north, often
accompanied by clouds of dust.
This is the main carriage road to Karbala and Najaf; it
is passable for carriages as far as Musaiyib, where passengers
cross the Euphrates on foot and take another carriage to Karbala
and Najaf. Road unmetalled.
Country irrigated, but not inundated, up to 10 miles. Whole
country stoneless, brown soil", road, full of deep ruts, is a foot
deep in dust in places, or in mud in wet weather, but for half the
distance is good going, as when one road is worn too much,
another is taken.
Water .—Abundant from streams and canals.
Fuel and Fodder .—There are date palms at intervals all
along this route, but there are no bushes except shok, or
thorny plants. Fodder is available at Mahmudlyah (stage 1),
and Sikandarlyah and Musaiyib (stage 2). There is fair camel
grazing all along the route.
Supplies .—Obtainable in limited quantities at Mahmudlyab
Sikandarlyah, and Musaiyib.
Xo. of stage
and total
distance. 1
Details.
1 MAHMUDIYAH . 21.—Starting from bridge
of boats, leave Baghdad
21 south gate.
South by west. About 500 yards outside Baghdad a
brick bridge, with a ramp leading up to it, is crossed. Water
sometimes collects on either side of this bridge in pools 1^ feet
deep, which might possibly be an obstacle to guns but not to
cavalry or infantry. From a short distance beyond this bridge
to the Kharr bridge at mile 3 the road runs along the top of an
embankment revetted with brushwood and pierced at intervals
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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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- 'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.'
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