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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [246] (255/568)
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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246 CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
The Hejira year is lunar, consisting of 12 months and of 354 or
355 days. Every odd month (1st, 3rd, &c.) has 30 days, and every
even one 29, except in leap years, when the last month has 30" days.
The Mohammedan cycle contains 30 years, in which the leap years
are the 2nci, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and
29th.
To find the Christian year in which a given Hejira year begins
Multiply the Hejira year by 2-977 ; divide the product by 100, and de
duct the quotient from the Hejira year ; add to the result 621-569, and
the result will be the Christian year in which the Hejira year begins.
To find the Hejira year which begins in a given Christian year
Subtract 622 from the Christian year ; multiply the result by 1-0307:
cut off the last two decimals and add -46 ; if there is no surplus
decimal the result will be the Hejira year; if there is a surplus
decimal the result will need the addition of 1.
1st Moharrem (the first day of the Mohammedan year), 1337 a.h.
= 7th October, 1918 a. d.
1st Moharrem, 1338 a.h . = 26th September, 1919 a. n.
(b)The financial year. This is an official year used in the Turkish
Empire for financial and other administrative purposes. It was
introduced in 1789, and was intended to correspond with the
Orthodox year, which is used in Russia and in other countries
where the Greek Orthodox Church has been established. It begins
on March 1st of the Orthodox year, or on March 14th of our year.
The Turkish financial year 1334 began on March 14th, 1918.
The Turkish financial year 1335 will begin on March 14th, 1919.
Persian Beckoning of Years. —Two years are in use:
{a) The Hejira year described above.
{h)The financial year, which is solar and begins on March 21st of
our year.
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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'
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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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