"تقرير عسكري عن بلاد الرافدين (العراق)" [و‎‎٩] (٢٢٦/٢٢)

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insignificant but our political prestige was badly
impaired. The punishment of the tribes and the re-estab
lishment of our administration brought security to a
large part of the district within our frontiers, but the
situation has never been completely stabilized owing to our
failure to eradicate robber bands, the open encouragement
given to insurgents by the Turkish authorities, the
atmosphere of uncertainty produced by the proposed
substitutipn of a purely Arab in place of the British
administration, and the provocative intrigues of Turkish
Nationalist agents. At present British military inter
vention is governed by: —
(i) The subjection and control of the nomadic
Shammar and Tai.
(ii) The attitude of Turkish Nationalists on the
Iraq frontier.
Until further nomadic tribes are brought under effective
control and satisfactory relations are established with the
Turkish Nationalists,'the seeds of trouble will always be
present in Northern Jazirah.
CHAPTER II.
GEOGRAPHY.
Boundaries .—The boundaries of Northern Jazirah are
as under : —
North .—From point where Wadi Suludjuk cuts
Aleppo-Nisibin Railway along that railway to
Nisibin, thence along Wadi Suwaidiyah to the River
Tigris.
West .—From point where Wadi Suludjuk cuts
Aleppo-Nisibin Railway along Balikh River to
Raqqah, thence by a line running parallel a few
miles inland from left bank of Euphrates to Tel
Busairah.
South .—From Tel Busairah in a straight line to
Hadhr.
East .—From Hadhr to Jabal Najmah, thence in a
straight line to Eski Mosul and Tigris.