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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [112] (121/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (282 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac. 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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INHABITANTS
plain, and, in summer, Wazneh highlands. Warlike semi-nomads.
(See below under BiTbas.)
Mamash (2.000 families ?). About Passova (NE. of Lahjan plain),
between Suj Bulaq and Lesser Zab, and in Raniyeh plain ; in summer
at Wazneh. (See below under Silbas.)
Piran (900 families?). Lahjan and Eaniyeh plains and Wazneh
highlands. Semi-nomadic. Warlike robbers.
Pishdir. In mountains south of Ser Desht; descend to Marga
plain ; a small tribe^ but with a reputation for being fierce and
warlike.
BiTbas. Given by Sykes as a semi-nomadic tribe of 400 families,
on the Turco-Persian frontier near Raniyeh. In Mil.
E. T. A., vol. iii, 'Bilbas' is apparently used as a general term for
a number of tribes on both sides of the frontier in the region of
Wazneh ; and the agha of a section of Mengur (see above), at
Elwatan, is described as 4 theoretically head of all the Bilbas The
Mamash, who in Mil. Report on E. T. A. are placed under the
heading ^ Bilbas Kurdsare said by Soane to be a section of the
Mukri of the Suj Bulaq district.
JBalihi (1,000 rifles ?). East of Eowanduz.
Pirastini (1,100 families?). North-east of Eowanduz. Sedentary.
SurJchi (800 families?). West of Eowanduz on both sides of the
Great Zab. Partly sedentary, partly nomadic.
Baradost (2,000 families ?). In the Baradost district some twenty-
live miles NNW. of Eowanduz.
SMrwan (1,800 families?). North-westerly neighbours of the
Baradost. Sedentary ; warlike.
Zebar (30 villages?). In the district of that name west of the
Great Zab and of Baradost. Warlike. At feud with the Sheikhs of
Berzan.
JBerzan (^50 families?). North of Zebar on the left bank of the
Zab. Warlike. The Sheikhs of Berzan are holy and therefore
influential.
Shemsdinan (20 villages?). In the Shemsdinan district, under
the Sheikh of Neri, who derives considerable importance from his
hereditary holiness.
Ilerihi. ^ A large, widely-scattered group of nomads. Sections of
the Heriki range in the country west, north, and east of Shemsdinan.
Branches of the Heriki are found near Mosul and also about Erzerum.
The Heriki are apparently rather a low class of Kurds. They generally
move in small detachments.
Shekah (6,000 families?). On the Persian frontier north of Diza.
A confederation of several semi-nomadic tribes. A southern, nomad
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.
The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and 'Note'. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following chapters and sections:
- Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
- Chapter 2: Climate;
- Chapter 3: Minerals;
- Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene;
- Chapter 6: History;
- Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
- Chapter 8: Religions;
- Chapter 9: Administration;
- Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak [Iraq];
- Chapter 11: Agriculture and Land Tenure;
- Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
- Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
- Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
- Vocabularies;
- Index.
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- 1 volume (282 folios)
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The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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