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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [44r] (92/226)
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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75
JUBUR.
5.
6.
Armed Men.
Rifles.
Horse.
Foot.
Total.
Modern.
Old, but
Service
able.
Notes.
25
1,808
40
200
Sedentary cultivators, who
live in settled villages be
tween Zummar and Eski
Mosul. Bad farmers. Pro
duce 600 tons wheat and
barley; 6,000 sheep.
Chief supply centre Mosul.
Fighting value .—Villagers are
not over-keen fighters, and
possess few rifles.
Shaikh Shahir is chief Jubur
Shaikh and acts as their
representative. He was pro-
British through Tel Afar dis
turbances. He is related to
Muslat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of the Khabur
Jubur : loyal at heart but a
time-server. Is not on good
relations with Abdul Aziz,
but is friendly with Sulaiman
Agha of the Girgiriyah.
Punitive measures can be un
dertaken from left or right
bank of Tigris; all villages
are accessible to pack trans
port. Many of them can be
shelled from left bank. One
regiment cavalry could quell
any local disturbance.
223
820
100
300
The Jubur of this district
are settled cultivators, who
follow their headmen in
politics. They desire a fixed
Government—British or Arab.
During the Tel Afar disturb
ances, the villagers loyally
supported the Government
and resisted the Shariflan
forces. For supplies, etc.,
vide Table A.
Punitive measures should con
sist of seizure of villages
accessible to L.A.M. cars
from Mosul or Tel Afar.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Title
- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- 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
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