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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
- Record Id:
- 040-000799063
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00016a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037551528.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
- Title:
- Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.
- Scope & Content:
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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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799053
040-000799063 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41-138 : Iraq
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50 : Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0010]/040-000799063
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (169 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00016a
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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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 side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- Catalogue No. M. 3. (11349)
- Arrangement:
- The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- General Staff Branch, India, 1909-1947
- Subjects:
- Colonial administration
Geographical data
Historical geography
Irrigation
Marine navigation
Military intelligence - Places:
- Baghdad, Asia
Basra, Asia
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
