Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the proposed irrigation works with new canals and drains labelled for reference and coloured red and blue respectively. Shows marshes and overflow areas w...
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances at Deir-es-Zor: 1.
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The file contains correspondence relating to boundaries and disturbances at Deir es-Zor [Deir ez-Zor, Syria]. The correspondence discusses the political situation in Mesopotamia, tribal uprisings against British occupation and implications for their punishment given various adjustments of the ...
Collection 280/62 'Detailed Estimates of the cost of an Indian Infantry Battalion in Mesopotamia.'
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This file contains correspondence between Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, dated 9 October-20 December 1919. The correspondence concerns the estimated annual cost of deploying an Indian infantry battalion in Mesopotamia [Iraq], in response to a ...
Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India. The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing, India, in 1916. The volume consists of an alphabetical list of individuals issued by the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionar...
'Ahwar Rapids. Longitudinal section of main line of rocks.'
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This vertical map of the Ahwar [Ahvaz] Rapids illustrates the probable maximum high flood level and probable ordinary high flood level, and the rock types and heights, found at the longitudinal section of the main line of rocks on the plan of the Rapids (IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 11). This item is ...