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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [104v] (213/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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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In March, 1917, a change was made. March was made the third
month in the year, and the 28th February, 1332, was followed by the
14th March, 1333. The Turkish official calendar is now the same as the
British, except that the year remains 584 behind it.
The names of the months are—
Kanun Thani.
Shabat.
Adhar.
Nisan.
Mavis or Avar.
Haziran.
Tamuz.
Aghustus or Ab.
Elul.
Tishrin Awwal.
Tishrin Thani.
Kanun Awwal.
The Jews possess a calendar giving a year of 12 months of 29 or 30
days each, with an additional month added every third year.
The Christians use our calendar, naming the months as in the
Turkish official calendar.
In the Arab and Turkish calendars the day is understood to begin a
few minutes after sunset; thus at the time of the equinoxes the local time
is six hours behind European time, 6 o’clock to an Arab is noon or
midnight for a European. Also Monday night to an Arab is Sunday night
to a European, because in the Arab system the night precedes the day.
APPENDIX D.
Bibliography and Maps.
A. Official Publications .—
1. Military Report on Eastern Turkey in Asia, Vol. Ill, 1904.
2. Handbook of Mesopotamia, Vols. Ill and IV, 1918.
3. Provisional Note on the Tribes North of Baghdad. Issued by the
General Staff, G.H.Q., M.E.F., in 1920.
4. Reports of A.P.O., Tel Afar District, 1920-1921.
5. Report on the Baghdad Railway, 1914.
B. Unofficial Publications .—
1. Travels in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, etc. Ainsworth. London,
1842.
2. From Amurath to Amnrath. Miss G. Bell, C.B.E. London, 1911.
3. Dar-ul-Islam. Sir Mark Sykes. London, 1904.
4. Caliph's last Heritage. Sir Mark Sykes. London, 1915.
C. Maps .—
1. Eastern Turkey in Asia Series. Scale 1/250,000. Issued by
War Office.
2. Sketch Map, Ras al Ain-Sinjar. Issued by Surveys, Meso
potamia, 1916.
3. T. C. and Survey Sheets. Issued by the Mesopotamian Surveys
between 1918 and 1922. These are the only accurate maps of
Tel Afar district, which is still largely unsurveyed.
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This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
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- 200p, 18cm
- Arrangement
The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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