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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎61v] (129/350)

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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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' the fertile plain of ’Aqili round which the river flows in a remark
able curve. At 4 miles below Gotwand the Karun leaves the
village of Jallakan on its right bank, the plain of ’Aqili being
still upon its left, and S miles further down it breaks uhrough
a range of pinkish sandstone hills, which rise on the right bank
to a height of only 200 or 300 feet, but on the left bank attain
an elevation of about 1 , 000 ; the portion of the range nearest
to the river upon its eastern bank is Kuh-i-Fidalak.
Two and a half miles beyond the Kuh-i-Fidalak barrier
and at about half a mile from the town of Shush tar, the river
which has since emerging from the hills preserved a generally
north and south direction swings to the westwards. About
600 yards above the town it divides into two streams, the
Gargar to the east and the Karun proper to the west. On the
north side of the town the Karun proper forms a broad sheet
of water, and then, turning to the south and passing an ancient
dam and a bridge known as the Pul-i-Dizful, it changes its
'name to Shatait.
At a point 30 miles south in a direct line from the town of
Shushtar the Gargar rejoins the Shatait the village of Band-
i-Qir standing between them in the angle above their confluence
—and the Karun river once more resumes its course under
its own name. At the point of junction of the Gargar and
Shatait, the Diz river, coming from the west, adds its waters to
the Karun; and from this place to Wais, 12 miles further
dowm upon the left bank, the course of the river is straight
and almost due southwards. From Wais to Ahwaz Village
on the left bank, the direction of the river is on the average
south-west; but it winds considerably, and the distance, which
is only about 14 miles as the crow flies, is fully doubled in travel
ling by water.
Rapids of Ahwaz .—Immediately above Ahwaz Village the
Karun divides into two streams, enclosing the small island of
, Umm-an-Nakhl : it reunites to pass through a gap in the ridge
of sandstone hills which here traverse the country at right
angles to its course; and in its descent over the sill of rock
here forming its bed it giVes rise to the famous rapids of Ahwaz,*
by Arabs called Sidd and by Persian Band, which are situated
opposite the village so named. The rapids, which are not
* A plan of Ahwaz rapids by H. S. Wells, R.E., was lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. by the
Public Works Department of the Government of India in 1883.

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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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