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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [147v] (303/350)
The record is made up of 1 file (169 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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283
of smaller coins and their approximate English values is as
follows the Parah, with which it opens, is an imaginary
coin, but the others (in the second column) have a material
existence :—
£
s. d.
5 Parahs
. 1 Fulsain
0
0 01
2 -Fulsain
. 1 Qursh Raij or Mitliq
0
0 0£
2 Mitliqs
. 1 Qamari
0
0 1
4 Mitliqs
. 1 Qursh Sagh
0
0 2
5 Mitliqs
1 Ruba’ Bashlik or Abu
0
0 2i
Khamsah.
8 Mitliqs
. 1 Qurshain Sagh or Abu
0
0 4
Thamaniyah.
10 Mitliqs
. 1 Nusf Bashlik or Abu
0
0 5
’Ashra,h.
2 Nusf Bashliks
, 1 Bashlik or Ruba’
0
0 lOJ
Majidi.
2 Bashliks .
1 Nusf Majidi
0
1 8£
2 Nusf Majidis
1 Majidi
0
3 5|-
these small coins
the Fulsain and Mutlik are
believed
consist of nickel, the Qamari, Abu Khamsah and Abu ’Ashrah of
some alloy; and the remainder of silver. The half and quarter
Bashlik and the Fulsain are uncommon, and the others, ex
cept the Mitliq, are by no means plentiful.
The deficiency is made up with foreign coin, chiefly Persian,
which circulates freely in spite of a prohibition against the use
of foreign silver. Only a little Persian gold is seen; but various
Persian coins make up the bulk of the silver currency, namely the
double Qran of 8bd., the Qran of 4Jd., the half Qran of 2d., the
quarter Qran of Id. and a Sittah Fulus—worth |d. A Persian
copper coin (erroneously called a Shahi) is also in use; it is
•worth of a penny. One Persian Tuman, as will be seen,
is at the present time about equal to one Turkish Majidi, and
there are over 50 Qrans to the Lirah; merchants’ accounts,
however, where kept in Qrans, are kept in a fictitious Qran of
which 34'4 go to the Lirah. Indian silver is current, .hut is
occasionally seized by the authorities under the law already
mentioned; Persian silver, being absolutely indispensable to
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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.
The volume is divided into the following chapters:
- I. History.
- II. Geography.
- III. Population.
- IV. Resources.
- V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
- VI. Maritime.
- VII. Administration.
- VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.
The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (169 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, tail, front-i, 2r:143r, 143r:143v, 143v:170v, 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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