'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎135r] (276/350)

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known in Persian as “ Gul-i-Zard, ” being found in some abund
ance also good camel grazing. The water in the river is muddy,
but clears quickly if allowed to settle.
4 FARSI AT . . . 12.—Compass bearing 360
degrees approximately.
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There is no sign of any road but poles of broken down tele
graph line mark the route. The country is flat and the going
firm and fit for all arms and A. T. carts, but rough in places.
There is a good site for a camp at the bend of the river three
miles below Farsiat, where there is a good site for barges to
come alongside. There is good grazing for camels and a certain
amount for horses.
5 BRAIKEH . . . 8.—Compass bearing 50
degrees approximately.
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Telegraph poles mark the route. The country is flat and
free from obstacles and there are crops at intervals. The
going is good and hard but apt to become slimy in wet weather.
There is a good camping ground 2^ miles north of the village
of Braikeh on the river bank with good landings.
6 AMINIYEH (AHWAZ). 20.—General direction of
Stage North-east.
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Good desert going fit for all arms, over flat country. Umm at
Tamair is passed on the right at mile 7 and the old bed of the
Karkheh, which is here no obstacle, at mile 9. Aminiyeh is
a village of 65 mud houses. A certain amount of wheat and
barley is cultivated and there is good camel grazing. Excel
lent water from the Karun river and . a good steamer landing.
Aminiyeh is situated below the Ahwaz rapids and nearly oppo
site to Bandar Nasiri, which is about 1 mile from Ahwaz and
is connected wdth it by a horse tramway, and which latter
is also the starting point of the “ Lynch ” road from Ahwaz
to Isfahan which traverses the Bakhtiari country. There
is a ferry between Aminiyeh and Bandar Nasiri.