'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)'
- Creator:
- Author: British Forces in Iraq
- Date:
- 1923/1923
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as well as the tribal makeup of region. The final chapters are devoted to important personalities, and communications infrastructure.The volume is particularly detailed given that the area it covers was the site of a major anti-British insurrection in 1920. As such it is particularly detailed on the political and demographic makeup of the region and its people.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military intelligence
Demographic statistics
Indigenous populations - Geographic region:
- Iraq
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000164_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000164_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/44
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/44