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'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)' [126r] (256/452)
The record is made up of One Volume (421 pages). It was created in 1923. 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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235
5
6
7
Ashed men.
Rifles.
•
Old but
Notes.
Horse.
Foot.
Total.
Modern.
service-
able.
..
250
250
150
. .
Shi’ah.
Sedentary.
Agricultural.
Fighting value. —Good
fighters. A lawless tribe.
Political attitude. —Untrust-
worthy ; notorious for
amount of crime and murder
in the past.
# #
Fighting towers. —Six.
Tlie tribe lives on Bani Khai-
|
qan territory, but are con-
sidered Mujarrah as they
would follow that confedera
tion in case of war.
••
900
900
600
200
Shi’ah.
Sedentary.
Agricultural.
Fighting value. —Good.
Political attitude. —Friendly to
British. Quiet.
Internal cohesion. —Strong.
External relations. —Related to
Salim al Khaiyun by mar
riage and therefore take the
lead from him in everything.
Friendly to Bani Hutait.
Fighting towers. —
800
300
Divided into three sub-se -
150
tions AIbu ’Uthman, Jubai-
nat and Alba Subaiy ih.
• •
150
. .
. #
Their lands belong toMutlaq
• •
150
150
al Humud al Sad’un.
• •
150
300
••
150
t 300
••
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This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as well as the tribal makeup of region. The final chapters are devoted to important personalities, and communications infrastructure.
The volume is particularly detailed given that the area it covers was the site of a major anti-British insurrection in 1920. As such it is particularly detailed on the political and demographic makeup of the region and its people.
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- One Volume (421 pages)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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