'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [14r] (32/226)
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. .
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15
Shaikhs, they were allowed to return to their homes and
have been quiet ever since. It is estimated that 800 rifles
are concealed in the houses of the town. The majority
of the inhabitants are Sunnis, but there are also a few
Shiahs.
Water and Hygiene .—Water is unlimited from Tel
Afar stream, but is sulphurous and possessed of mildly
aperient properties. A pump has been erected by British
troops for pumping water to a tank on the Qalah hill
and water troughs in the military quarter. The Tel
Afaris are the most insanitary people in Iraq, and have
taken hardly to any sanitary arrangements set up.
About and in the town lie a dozen hills the accumulated
deftecations of seven centuries, the odour whereof is
neither of sanctity nor of Hyblas’ flowers.
Commerce and Supplies .—Tel Afar, although the
centre of a rich agricultural district, suffers little from
modern commercialism. The inhabitants pride them
selves on their character and freedom from the taint of
huckstering. Consequently, there are no shops and only
parochial exchanges of wdieat, meat, etc., in the small
market places. What surplus of grain produced is taken
to Mosul and bartered there for lamps, oil, clothes, etc.
Provided full control is exercised in the district, a
brigade of infantry could be maintained throughout the
year on local supplies. The following is an approximate
amount of various grains, etc., grown in the Tel Afar
district during 1920
Wheat
Barley
Millet
Lentils
Beans
Mash
Cotton
Tobacco
Sesame
Peas
Vegetables
Fruit
8,500 tons.
6,600 ,,
40 „
50 ,,
9 „
9 „
18 „
1 „
9 „
3 „
110 „
360 ,,
There are between 200,000 to 300,000 sheep pasturing in
the district.
Crazing .—Unlimited in spring for horses, cattle, sheep
and camels.
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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.
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- 200p, 18cm
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The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
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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.
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- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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