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Page 271
... Iraq remained a frontier of geographical , tribal , religious , economic and imperial boundaries . Iraq was an outlying region ; it had a large Shi'i population ; it remained a tribal and economically poor country ; as a frontier region ...
... Iraq remained a frontier of geographical , tribal , religious , economic and imperial boundaries . Iraq was an outlying region ; it had a large Shi'i population ; it remained a tribal and economically poor country ; as a frontier region ...
Page 275
... Iraq . It was agreed in their numerous reports that the Iraqi provinces of Baghdad and Basra had considerable potential for agricultural development . The key to unlocking this potential lay partly in irrigation and marshland drainage ...
... Iraq . It was agreed in their numerous reports that the Iraqi provinces of Baghdad and Basra had considerable potential for agricultural development . The key to unlocking this potential lay partly in irrigation and marshland drainage ...
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... Iraq - western Iran . The Ottomans ' focus of interest was Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region , while the Iranians were concerned with Iraq , which contains the holiest sites of Shi'i Islam . This prolonged struggle continued in varying ...
... Iraq - western Iran . The Ottomans ' focus of interest was Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region , while the Iranians were concerned with Iraq , which contains the holiest sites of Shi'i Islam . This prolonged struggle continued in varying ...
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Defining and Mapping the Ottoman Frontier in | 31 |
Rivers Forests | 57 |
The Ottoman Conquest of Arabia and the Syrian Hajj Route | 81 |
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