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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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ECONOMIC COXmTIONS
[No. 92
set ill gypsum cement. The town is re[)orted to be
unsanitary.
There are about 200 flour-mills in Mosul, and the
town is the centre of trade in corn, fruits, sheep and
goats. A considerable amount of weaving is done on
hand-looms, other industries being shoemaking,
tanning, and metal-working. Mosul is a centre ol
trade (1) from Beirut on the Mediterranean by rail to
Aleppo and thenoe by mule, camel, or caravan; (2)
from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by river steamer to Baghdad
and thence by land; (3) from Samsoun on the Black
Sea by mule or waggon transport to Diarbekr and
thence by raft down the Tigris; (4) from and to Persia
rid Erbil and Rowanduz. The following statistics are
taken from the Consular Reports:—
IMPORTS
1907.
1909.
1910.
1911.
From the—
United King-dom ..
India
Other countries ..
Other parts of
Turkey
£
58,079
17,914
84,387
26,525
£
56,230
16,350
35,830
24,890
£
42,140
32,900
45,720
26,550
£
37,850
35,800
43,890
24,400
£
43,015
38,850
53,825
29,250
Total
136,905
133,300
147,310
141,940
164,940
EXPORTS
! 1906.
1907.
1909.
1910.
1911.
To the—
United Kingdom ..
India
Other countries ..
Other parts of
Turkey
£
184,916
40,000
51,103
211,478
£
195,400
42,000
52,690
218,220
£
164,300
35,000
50,040
322,500
£
176,500
30,000
49,980
352,950
163.500
25,000
43,480
111,350
Total
487,497
508,310
571,840
609,430
343,330
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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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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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- front, front-i, 2r:75v, back-i, back
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