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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [52v] (109/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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100 GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
limited liability companies which would impose upon all
foreign insurance companies doing business in Turkey the
deposit of security, fixed at £5,000 for each branch of insurance,
fire and life, and £ 2,000 for other branches, with a maximum
of £12,000 for any one company. A new law on the registra
tion of trade marks was also being prepared.
The greatest single change introduced in 1914 was the
abolition of the Capitulations by a decree of the Sultan on
September 9. It had long been felt that the extra-territorial
privileges enjoyed under the Capitulations needed revision,
especially in so far as they exempted foreigners from fiscal
burdens ; but their abolition by a unilateral Act gave rise to
a unanimous protest of the Powers, and, up to November
1914, no Power had, at any rate publicly, assented. This
step, which included the suppression of foreign post offices and
of the International Board of Health, was taken after the out
break of the European War, and the condition of Europe made
the protest of the Powers ineffective for the time being. Six
weeks after the denunciation of the Capitulations, Turkey
herself had entered the War.
The Sultanate
By the law of succession obeyed in the reigning family, the
crown is inherited according to seniority by the male de
scendants of Osman sprung from the imperial harem. All
children born in the harem, whether offspring of free women
or of slaves, are legitimate and of equal lineage. A council,
presided over by the heir apparent and comprising several
State dignitaries, the Grand Vizier, the Sheikh el-Islam, and
others, was instituted in January 1914, to regulate all matters
relating to the imperial family, including the Damads or persons
married to imperial princesses.
For centuries it has not been the custom of the Sultans of
Turkey to contract regular marriages. The inmates of the
harem come, by purchase or free will, mostly from districts
beyond the limits of the empire, the majority from Circassia.
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty , Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'
The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).
Contents (folio 6):
Section I
- I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);
- II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);
- III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);
- IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);
- V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);
- VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);
- VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);
- VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);
- IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);
- X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).
Section II. Itineraries.
- Roads, p 193(f 107);
- Railways, p 276 (f 148v).
Index, p 307 (f 164).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents at folio 6, and an index at folios 164-170.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; 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. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
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- Title
- 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 107r:170v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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