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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎52v] (111/350)

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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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96
Sailing boats and Crafts in Mesopotamia —contd.
Name.
Type.
Tonnage
(freight).
Draught
fully
loaded.
Remarks.
* Mahayla .
Short broad river
sailing boat with
high curving bow
and stern; almost
flush with water
line amidshius
when heavily
loaded.
10—75
(40—80
men)
3' 3'—
6' 6’
Common Tigris
i type; few above
Baghdad and only
| ply to Samarra.
i Few on Euphrates.
I Various local
names for dif
ferent types.
Bellum
As compared with
mahayla longer
and less beam,
straighter lines.
1—75
(10 to 100
men)
1'—5' 6"
Common Euphrates
type, many in
Basrah. Various
names for different
types.
f Mashoof .
Bitumen covered
canoes; frame
work thin wood
or reeds.
i—15
(2 to 20
men)
6"—4' 6'
“ Danak ” and
“ markish ” are
two names of
larger types.
Shakhtoor .
Jerry built boats
with high bow
and low stern. I
See “ Short Out
to India,” illus- |
tration opposite
page 132.
4i
2' O'
Used on Euphrates
above the barrage,
mainly from Bire-
jik to Museyib.
Often used joined
in pairs. They
are broken up at
end of down
stream journey.
Goofa .
Round bitumen
covered boats 4'
to 10’ in diameter, j
2—4
(2 to 20
men)
r e"
Used on Tigris
above Amarah
and on Shatt-al -
Hai.
Kellek.
Goat skin rafts .
1
20
(75 men).
r
Much used on Ti
gris above Bagh
dad. Used ex
tensively by Tur
kish troops Jezi-
reh—R a g h d a d.
Taken to bits and
transported up
stream deflated
on pack animals.
15 skins to a ton.
* 2 V miles up stream per hour,
t 4 miles per hour in sluggish water.
Above drafts for craft fully loaded. Load is reduced going upstream which
educes draught about 10 per cent.

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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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