[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair harb notlar.

£3,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A very good copy of this fascinating report, issued for the use of Turkish officers only. It’s well known that Allied troops frequently relied on captured Turkish intelligence for their own intelligence, most obviously in terms of cartography. Here we have a Turkish translation of the British report (meant for officers only) Field Notes. Mesopotamia … (Simla, 1915). This report was so important to the British that a revised and expanded edition was published in 1917. The chapters describe the Arab tribes in the regions and their relations with the British and Turks, detailed history of Kuwait, the region of Al-Ahsa with Doha, which was annexed by ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, into Najd in 1913. This would have been of obvious interest to the Turkish military showing exactly what the British did, and didn’t, know. Although abridged (the text after the page 162 of the original text is omitted), it contains the following chapters: - Expedition to ‘Muhammareh’ (today the city of Khorramshahr, Iran), - Political situation in Iraq, - Neighboring Principalities: Kuwait, Al-Ahsa and Najd (both today in Saudi Arabia), - British positions in the Gulf, - Inhabitants, - Arab tribes: Banu Ka’b, Bani Malik, Muhaisin, Al bu Muhammad, Al-Muntafiq, Bani Rabiah, Bani Salih, Bani Torof. and Zubayd - Military Forces - Turkish Army in Iraq, - Positions of the troops in Kuwait, Arabistan etc., - Descriptions of most important routes.

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