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The record is made up of 1 volume (76 folios). It was created in Feb 1919. It was written in English. 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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Mesopotamia]
II. POLITICAL HISTORY
Chronological Summary
2200 b.c. Hammurabi makes Babylon centre of Empire,
539 Cyrus conquers Mesopotamia.
629 a.d . Disastrous floods.
636 Moslems defeat Persians at Kadisiyah.
637 Kufa and Basra founded.
749 Fall of the Omayyads.
762 Caliph Mansur founds Baghdad
o. 836 Decline of Abbasid dynasty.
1258 Capture of Baghdad by Mongols.
Fourteenth century. Tamerlane's invasion.
1520-66 Suleiman I.
1534 Annexation of Erivan, Van, Mosul, and Baghdad by Turks.
1603 Shah Abbas of Persia conquers Mesopotamia.
1623 Persians occupy Baghdad.
1638 Murad IV recaptures Baghdad.
1638 Bishop of Babylon appointed. " Permanent peace "
between Persia and Turkey. East India Company estab
lishes factory An East India Company trading post. at Basra.
1730-46 Intermittent wars.
1740-94 Bishop of Babylon ex officio French Consul at Baghdad.
1796-97 French political mission at Baghdad.
1798 British Eesidency at Baghdad established.
1802 British Resident recognised by Sultan.
1885-37 Colonel Chesney's expedition.
1837 Destruction of Muhammera by Turks.
1847 Treaty of Erzerum.
1861 Formation of Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Com
pany.
1881 Russian Consulate established at Baghdad.
1888 Railway Concessions in Asia Minor granted to German
Syndicate.
1903 Baghdad Railway Convention.
[285—66] . C

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This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters:

  • I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coast and River Systems', 'Climate', 'Sanitary Conditions', 'Race and Language' and 'Population';
  • II: 'Political History', including 'Chronological Summary', 'Introduction', 'Early period of Turkish Occupation, 1638-1834', 'Later period of Turkish Occupation, 1834-1914', and 'Commercial Developments';
  • III: 'Social and Political Conditions', including 'Religious', 'Political', 'Public Education' and 'General Observations';
  • IV: 'Economic Conditions', including 'Means of Communication', 'Industry', 'Commerce', 'Finance' and 'General Remarks'.

There is also an appendix which includes tables of 'Exports to Principal Countries from Baghdad', 'Imports from Principal Countries to Baghdad', 'Principal Exports from Basra' and 'Principal Imports to Basra'. This is followed by a section entitled 'Authorities' which is a bibliography of references used for the preparation of the volume. This section is divided into 'Historical' (including 'Confidential Sources'), 'Economic' ('Official' and 'General') and 'Maps'. There is a pocket at the back of the volume to house maps, but there are no maps present.

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1 volume (76 folios)
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Pagination: The volume contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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'. side of each folio.

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IOR/L/PS/20/C190
Title
'Mesopotamia'
Pages
front, front-i, 2r:75v, back-i, back
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Open Government Licence