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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [131v] (269/350)
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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254
Route No. 32— contd.
projecting tongue of land from the west shore carrying a long
mound known as Tell Tuwailah about 15' high.
The depth of water in this channel which is called Khor
Tuwailah is feet.
From Tell Tuwailah to A1 Hamdi, a distance of 3|- miles,
the swamp is known as Umm A1 Hosh. Its depth is 3' near
the centre shoaling gradually to either side, and its width If
miles. The district on the west edge of this swamp is called
Lufaifah.
A good deal of grain is said to be grown in depressions in
the desert to the west of the Umm A1 Hosh.
The district to the east of the Umm A1 Hosh is under the
jurisdiction of Shiai, a relative of Shaikh Mutashar of the A1
Bu Darraj who has a large number of reed huts over this area.
El Hamdi is a tongue of land jutting out from the eastern
shore. It is under water in flood time, and is uncultivated.
A canal 4' wide and at present 4" deep crosses it, but is only
navigable for light Mashoofs when dragged by hand.
The Khor A1 Haimah'stretches from El Hamdi to El Hamish.
This swamp is about 4 miles Ions' from E. to W. and 14 to 3
miles wide from N. to S. It is reported to be at present some
3' deep in the centre, where a lake is formed in August, when
the rest of the swamp is dry.
On the eastern shore of the Khor A1 Daimah near Hamdi
peninsula is a mound about 8' high called ’Awali. with a smaller
mound close to it, and covered with loose bricks called El
Kowli.
Except for a few Arab tents and a dozen or so cattle near
the mounds, there were no supplies apparent.
All this line of swamps empty into the Khor Butairah,
through the Khor Em El Buqar which stretches from El Hamish
to the mouth of the Nahr El Khar, a distance of 4 miles in
length with a width of 3 miles. It has a depth in its centre
of 9' and Arabs in Mashoofs will not cross it if there is any
breeze, owing to the heavy sea which gets up in a few minutes.
There are large numbers of cattle and sheep on its northern
shore, and on the area lately under water is a heavy crop of
millet. The Sufaihah and the Zigatah Canals flow into the
northern waters of the Um El Buqar. Both canals are very
shoal at their mouths.
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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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