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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [66r] (136/226)
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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117
SHAMMAR JARBA.
. 1 .
Armsd Men.
Itilies.
Horse.
4,500
Foot.
Total.
15,000
Modern.
Old, but
Service
able.
2,000
4,000
1,500
5,000
500
1,000
2,500
500 3,000
2,500
N otes.
Nomad and pastoral. Camels,
horses and sheep.
Fighting ability .—P o w e r f u 1,
quarrelsome tribe, living on
tribute levied from caravans
and weaker tribes. Well
armed with Mausers and
Martinis.
Politics. —Neutral at present,
but probably favour the
weakest government, i.e., one
conducive to lawlessness.
Propaganda. —Turkish from
Nisibin. No great results
have been effected.
Internal cohesion. —Good in
face of a common enemy, but
intersectional disputes and
quarrels among the chiefs are
common.
E eternal relations .—Allied with
no other tribes. Hostile to
Anizah and take tribute from
Sherabiyin, Juhaish, etc.
Hostile to any tribe poaching
on the road dues from cara
vans.
Military action. —L.A.M.B.s at
Mosul and on Euphrates can
cut them off from southern
pastures. Raiding of flocks
is useful. Infantry are useless
against Shammar.
Armed horsemen also include
armed camelteers.
Subdivided into A1 Fadhil, A1
Qaud and A1 Said.
Subdivided into A1 Badu and
A1 Husain.
Subdivided into Marahlah and
A1 Tumah.
Subdivided into A1 Fadhil, A1
Hamil, Al Manasir and
Ghaniman Al Yahiyah are also
called Al Hava.
Armed horsemen also include
armed camelteers.
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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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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