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'MILITARY REPORT ON 'IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)'.
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'MILITARY REPORT ON 'IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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This volume consists of Military Report on 'Iraq, Volume I: General, published in 1936 and prepared by the Command of the Air Ministry. The volume contains a variety of information about 'Iraq [Iraq], including its geography, economy, population and history. It is divided into nine chapters under the following subjects:. Political, social, and military history; System of government; Population; Political geography; Physical geography; Climate and health; Communication; Resources; Armed forces; The volume includes the following thirteen maps:. 'Administrative Divisions', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155; ''Iraq, Index to ½ inch Sheets', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 156; 'Index to Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,440. Iraq Desert Series 1:500,000. General Series 1:1,000,000.', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 157; 'City of Baghdad', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158; 'Basra Showing Ma'qil [Al Maqal], Ashar and Basra City', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159; 'Mosul', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 160; 'Plan of Ma'qil', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 161; 'Map Shewing Irrigation Control in Central and Lower 'Iraq', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 162; 'Orographical and Economic Map', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163; 'Magnetic Variation', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 164; 'Communications', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 165; ''Iraq', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 166; ''Iraq, Map Shewing Railways', catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167; The volume also includes two appendices detailing weights and measures and currency conversions (ff 143-145), and a glossary of 'topographical and other terms' (ff 146-153). The volume includes a table of contents (ff 3-6).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume (166 folios).
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 168; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2639f698-2b65-42af-88c6-0b88c0ff6452/
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IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/20/C
Political and Secret Department Library: 'C' Books
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'MILITARY REPORT ON 'IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)'.