'Military Report on Iraq. Area 2 (Upper Euphrates)' [62r] (128/140)
The record is made up of 1 Volume (66 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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Ligah
Pollenization of date trees.
Waqf
A religious trust.
Mallak
Mamur
Mash
MM ...
Mudir
Mugharisa ...
Mujtahid
Mukhtar
Mullah
Nagash
Nahiyah
Nakhal
Nakhlah Nu’a
Nashwah
Qadha
Qadhi
Qassab
Shabanah ...
Saifi
Saiyid
Sanad
Sanniyah
Saqqah
Sarlfah
Sarkal
Shabbaq
Shauk
Sha’ir
Shawiyah ...
Shiah
Shibak
Shilib
Shitwl
Sunni
Ta’ab
Tapu
Tawxlah
Timman
Tin
Toot, Tut ...
.. A landowner (holding title deeds).
.. Subordinate official.
.. Small round seed ; eaten like dall, or can be
ground into a kind of flour.
.. Government land, i.e., land for which no private
ownership is claimed.
Subordinate official.
.. Planter.
.. A Shiah religious authority.
.. Village headman.
.. A doctor of holy law.
.. Hereditary tenant.
.. A section of a Qadha or Sanjaq.
.. A female date tree.
.. A date tree grown from a stone.
.. A date tree between six and nine years.
.. A sub-division or district.
.. A Muhammadan religious judge.
.. A reed used for fuel in brick kilns.
.. A local levy.
.. Summer crops.
.. A Moslem claiming descent from the prophet.
.. Title deed.
.. Crown land now belonging to Government. For
merly private property of Sultan Abdul Hamid.
.. A water carrier.
.. A mat hut.
.. Bailiff or “ Factor.”
.. Fishing net (small).
.. Scrub on which camels graze.
.. Barley.
.. Shepherds using the donkey for transport in lieu
of the camel.
.. One of the two main divisions of Islam.
.. Drag net (for fishing).
.. Paddy (unhusked rice).
.. Winter crops.
.. One of the two main divisions of Islam.
.. Planter.
.. Land registration.
.. A mature date tree over nine years old.
.. Rice.
.. Fig.
.. Mulberry.
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This volume prepared by the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq was published as part of a series of ten similar military reports on Iraq after the First World War. The report covers the history, geography, climate, demography, natural resources, ethnography and important personalities of the Upper Euphrates region of Iraq. The report's focus is on the military capabilities of various populations, their political allegiances, and the basic economic infrastructure of the region.
- Extent and format
- 1 Volume (66 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume includes a table of contents on folio 4, and an index from folios 114-119.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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 volume 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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