!['Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [‎12r] (28/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000162/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_42_0028.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [‎12r] (28/226)")
'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [12r] (28/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
11
( 11 ) Telegraphs. To Diarbekr. Formerly it was con
nected to Mosul, but this line is now unused.
There is a post and telegraph office.
Landing Grounds—A landing ground used by Turks
exists, but its location is unknown, believed north of the
station.
Gamping (\ rounds.- Unlimited round town. Billeting
accommodation for 1,000 men exists in railway buildings
north of town.
Administration.—Re&dqxjLajrtQYS of qadha in the vilayet
of Dial bekr. It is a military station with a normal
garrison of one regiment.
Baqqah. liaqqah is situated on left bank of the
Euphrates, 112 J miles by river above Dair al Zor.
Baqqah occupies the site of the ancient cities of Nice-
phorium and Callinicum, the latter of which was a stone
fortress and important market on the frontier of the
Roman empire. Raqqah is the Arabic term for l( swampy
land beside a river subject to periodical inundation ” and
the locality under survey was called Raqqah al Sawda—
the black in distinction to other places of the same
name. According to Le Strange “ When the Abbasides
succeeded to the Caliphate, Raqqah, as one of the chief
cities commanding the Syrian frontier, had to be secured,
and for this purpose the Caliph Mansur in a.d. 772 pro
ceeded to build some 300 wells from Raqqah, the town
of Ar-Rafiqah (the companion), which was garrisoned
Khurasan troops entirely devoted to the new dynasty.
Rafiqah is said to have been laid out on the plan of
Baghdad and was a round city. Harun-al-Rashid added
to the town and built himself a palace here called the
Kasr as Salam (the Palace of Peace), for he at times
resided in Raqqah when the climate of Baghdad was too
hot. By the fourteenth century the town was a mere
ruined field, the city probably having been destroyed by
the Mongols. About fifty years ago the site was nearly
unoccupied, but the place has been growing in size and
importance during the last few years.
The present town consists of an Arab settlement and
Circassian colony. The Arab settlement lies about one
mile from the river in the south-west corner of a large,
semicircular enclosure, formed by an old brick wall with
round bastions at intervals. In the middle of the enclosure
are the remains of a mosque. To the west of the Arab
village outside the enclosure and standing on high broken
About this item
- Content
This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
- Extent and format
- 200p, 18cm
- Arrangement
The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [12r] (28/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038379484.0x00001d> [accessed 2 April 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038379484.0x00001d
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038379484.0x00001d">'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [‎12r] (28/226)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038379484.0x00001d"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000162/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_42_0028.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000162/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42
- Title
- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence