'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎167v] (343/350)

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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.'

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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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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)

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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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
Title: 'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, tail, front-i, 2r:143r, 143r:143v, 143v:170v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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