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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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138
AUTHORITIES
[No. 92
The Basrah, Teheran, Baghdad, Diminshk ee-Sham, Erzerum,
Tabriz, Batum, and Tiflis sheets of the War Office map on the
scale of 1: 1,000,000 (Cf.S.G.S. 2555) cover Mesopotamia; these
sheets are published with orogr^jphical colouring as well as with
form lines
An imprecise contour line plotted by estimation rather than measurement.
only. The Bushire sheet of this series is not yet pub
lished, but Bushire and the northern coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
appear on Sheet 10 of the series, likewise on the scale of
1 : 1,000,000, published by the Surveyor-General of India; Sheets
2 and 9 of the same series cover Baghdad and Teheran, and these
three sheets are also published in orographical form.
The Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, map o£ Meso
potamia on the scale of 1 : 500,000 is in course of publication;
three sheets, VI, IX, and X, have been published, and these cover
the Euphrates from 34° to 38° south latitude, and include part of
the Tigris in the neighbourhood of Diarbekr.
The War Office series on the scale of 1 : 250,000 (G.S.G.S.
1522, 1522 a ) covers from 31° south latitude to the Black Sea, and
from the Euphrates to the Persian frontier, in 49 sheets. Seven
teen " Degree" sheets on the scale of 1 : 253,440, published by
the Surveyor-General of India, cover part of the Persian frontier
area to the east of fhe War Oftice map.
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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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- 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