IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1

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).