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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [150] (159/568)
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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ADMINISTRATION
and travellers. It has also been claimed that the intelligent and
energetic policy of the Sanlyeh set a good example to landowners,
stimulating them to follow the lead of the Sanlyeh in the mannge-
ment of their private properties and affairs : this seems less probable,
seeing that good, fertile, and well-managed estates were pretty sure,
sooner or later, to be acquired by the Sanlyeh.
The Young Turks, after dethroning the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid in
1909, transferred from the Civi] List to the Ministry of Finance all
the properties in Mesopotamia which had belonged to the Dairat
es-Sanlyeh. The management and revenues were taken over by the
State, while a fixed Civil List and stipends were allocated to the
Sultan and the Imperial Princes. The ex-Sultan had spent the reve
nues of the Sanlyeh on payments to sheikhs in all parts of the world
for Pan islamic purposes and on gratifications to State functionaries
and others with a view to maintaining and enhancing the prestige of
the Sultanate. The Young Turks devoted them mainly to analogous
purposes in the interests of their Committee of Union and Progress.
Arabistak
Southern Arabistan (including Hawlzeh) is under the governorship
of the Sheikh of Mohammareh, the head of the Muhaisin Arabs.
Theoretically he is the representative of the Persian Government;
practically he is independent of Persian control.
In northern Arabistan, which has been nominally under the
administration of a Persian governor, political power has in tact
been divided among tribal chiefs and urban notables.
Southern Ardbistan. —On the NE., southern Arabistan includes
Shakheh; and its northern boundary thence runs west, just excluding
Alwanieh, and striking the Ab-i-Gargar at the El-Haddam nullah,
miles above Band-i-Qlr. It leaves the right bank of the Gargar
at Khar Eawaishid, 5^ miles N. of Band-i-Qlr, and farther to the west
follows the northern and western boundaries of the Anafijeh, East
of the Dlz it coincides with the northern boundary of the Hawlzeh
district.
The Sheikh of Mohammareh is represented by deputy governors
at Hawlzeh, Ahwaz, Pellahlyeh, and in the Hindlyan and Jerrahi
districts: but these have little power. The Sheikh manages his
subjects chiefly through political agents directly under his orders,
and through tribal chiefs or headmen appointed by him. The
Sheikh's own tribal council—consisting of the headmen of the sec-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (282 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:556, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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