'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'

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.

Extent and format

200p, 18cm

It is grouped into

'Key Map to Boundaries of Military Report Areas in Mesopotamia'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42, f 109

'Tribal & Communications Map of Area No. 1 (Northern Jazirah)'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42, f 110

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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42

History of this record

Date(s)

1922 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military intelligenceDemographic statisticsIndigenous populations

Places

Mesopotamia

People & organisations

British Forces in Iraq

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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000162> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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