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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎24v] (55/350)

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The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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South of Baghdad towards Mahmudiyah, movement off the
raised embankment, on which the road runs, would be difficult-
after rain or if the river were high.
West towards Fallujah, the desert is in parts sandy clay
and in parts pebbly, covered at first with camel-thorn and
then with scanty shrubs.
East, the country is an open sandy desert, uncultivated
but cultivable; in the valley of the Diyalah towards Ba’qubah
movement would be difficult for troops on account of the
numerous water-cuts.
No positions for attack or defence of the city offer except
on the south side, where on the right bank of the river, at 3
miles from the south gate, a line of low earth hills form a fairly
good position facing south and extending for 2 miles, with the-
left bank resting within ^ mile of the river.
The suburbs, the gardens and date groves could be connected
by earthworks with the hills and a regular line of defence formed
on the right bank, but the left bank has no natural advantages
for either attack or defence.
Approach from the south by the Mahmudiyah road could be
met by a defence of the bridge over the Khirr steam, 3 miles
south of Baghdad. The locality here offers a suitable site for
the construction of a bridgehead covered by the occupation of
the wood in rear.
North-western shores of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Fao to Kuwait).
Proceeding south-west from the entrance to the Shatt-al-
’Arab, there are two main inlets or indentations in the coast
line (i) the approach to Umm Qasr, and (ii) the Bay of Kuwait.
(i) Approach to Umm Qasr.
This place lies at the head of a rectangular opening of the-
coast line, the space so formed being occupied by Bubiyan
island, with the Khor ’Abdullah and Khor Sabiyah inlets
leading round this island to Umm Qasr. Just in front of Umm
Qasr is the smaller island of Warbah.
The Khor Abdullah is 13 miles wide at its entrance by
Ras-al-Qaid, 17|- miles long up to Warbah island and 8 miles-
further on to Umm Qasr.

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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.

The volume is divided into the following chapters:

  • I. History.
  • II. Geography.
  • III. Population.
  • IV. Resources.
  • V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
  • VI. Maritime.
  • VII. Administration.
  • VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.

The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.

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1 file (169 folios)
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The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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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