'Military report on Iraq. Area 9 (Central Kurdistan)'

Title:

'Military report on Iraq. Area 9 (Central Kurdistan)'

Creator:

Author: Air Ministry

Date:

1929/1929

Description:

Abstract: This volume compiled and published by the Air Ministry in London in August of 1929 is one of a set of ten volumes produced for British military forces in Iraq. Area 9 covers the region of central Kurdistan and is divided into chapters on history, population, political geography, physical geography, climate, communications, resources, tribes, aviation, and personalities. The volume also contains numerous maps of important Kurdish cities and towns, as well as two maps of Area 9. The content of the chapters is dominated by information meant to be useful to military units and therefore contains detailed statistics on the military preparedness of both native populations and Turkish forces in the region.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 195; 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military intelligence
Demographic statistics
Indigenous populations

Geographic region:

Kurdistan

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000166_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000166_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/46
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/46

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