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IOR/L/PS/20/C151
- Record Id:
- 040-000564593
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000186
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100179821467.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/C151
- Title:
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'TRIBES OF THE TIGRIS'
- Scope & Content:
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An official publication entitled Tribes of the Tigris, compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department.
The publication is divided into sections covering the Al Azairij [Āl Azayrij], Ālbu Darraj [al-Bū Darrāj], Bait Haddād [Bayt al-Ḥaddād], Ālbu Muhammad [al-Bū Muḥammad], Al Fartūs, Al Sawā’ad [al-Suwā‘id], and Al Sūdān tribes.
Each section contains: notes on the lineage of the tribe; geographical and economic notes on the area inhabited by the tribe; historical notes; and notes on the tribe’s leaders, strength, and attitude towards the British occupation forces in Iraq or Ottoman authorities.
For some tribes, this is followed by genealogical charts and tables listing the sections of the tribe, along with the name of the headman and the strength of each section. Under Albu Muhammad, there is also a table displaying farms, their current and previous lessees, and the reasons for the removal of previous lessees.
The publication was printed in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1917 and is marked ‘SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNMENT PRINTING INDIA’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000564506
040-000564593 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/C : Political and Secret Department Library: 'C' Books
IOR/L/PS/20/C151 : TRIBES OF THE TIGRIS - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0003]/037-000564506[0070]/040-000564593
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (18 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000186
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)