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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [213] (222/568)
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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COMMEECE AND INDUSTKY 213
116 fffj
lilt iQi iailCe fornierl y th© lead on the Baghdad market, but in
-^13 the greater part of the import was entered as coming from
the United Kingdom and India, the shares of the different countries
being as follows: India 39 per cent., the United Kingdom 17
il fc P er cen ^' France 37 per cent, Belgium 5 per cent. ; Germany and
Austria-Hungary divided the balance.
In 1906 it was reported that in northern Mesopotamia practically
all the drugs on the market were French or German.
I'opc). From six to twelve thousand bales were imported yearly
to Baghdad, valued at .£25,000—48,500. About three-quarters of the
impoit came from Austria-Hungary. India, Belgium, and Grermanv
had most of the remainder of the trade. The paper imported to
Diarbekr, valued at .£17,500-,£18,000 was entered as coming from
France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany.
Matches. —The import at Basra varied between about 5,000 and
7,500 cases. The estimated value of the import at Basra was about
£3 a case; at Baghdad it varied from about £3 to about £6 a case.
Candles. —The import at Basra varied from about 6,000 to about
13,000 cases, valued at about £2 a case, and coming from Belgium,
India, France, and Germany. The candles imported to Diarbekr
were mostly French.
Provisions. —The quantities imported to Basra were : in 1911
24,962 packages (£74,886) ; in 1912, 26,795 packages (£80,385); in
1913, 40,335 packages (£100,562). The import came from India,
the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Goal. About 21,000-25,000 tons of Welsh coal were imported
to Basra yearly, for use on river and ocean steamers.
Tobacco was imported to Mesopotamia from Persia.
China and Glassware: Enamel W
These imports came mostly from Austria-Hungary and Germany,
and the trade in Irak and Arabistan was in the hands of German
and Austrian firms. About 5,000-6,000 cases of china and glass
ware were imported annually to Baghdad ; Austria-Hungary had
the lead in this trade. Window-glass came largely from Belgium.
Cutlery came mostly from Germany. Enamel ware came from
Austria-Hungary and India; some part of the Indian import may
have been of European manufacture.
Clothing. —There was a small but growing trade in European
clothing, chiefly of Continental manufacture. Austria-Hungary
imported fezes.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- 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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