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The habitable country west of the Euphrates from Kurbesia to Meshed Allee, and from
thence tho canal of Pollacopas, affords a palpable line of demarcation on the south-west, but ns
in times of prosperity and strength tho power of tho Pacha extended over tho Arab triboa that
range to tho westward of that line, tno boundary of the Pachalic on this side may bo considered
as undefined.
Tho oxtonsivo territory, comprising 6omc of tho most fertile country in the world, is by
some divided into 20 districts, which may bo separated into those lying on the Euphrates and
those upon the Tigris. They are exhibited in the following list, where they stand nearly iu
geographical order from N. W. to S E., and those which are at present productive to Govern­
ment are marked to distinguish them from thoso that aro not :—
Anah. Euphrates, Tigris Tehreet.
llah bob. Scraanah. Mardccn. Samovah.

Hit. Soogu Shiook. Niscbun. Mondelee.
Kcrbelnb. Bussoiah. Monsel. Yohal.
Hillab. Erbecl. Jasaan.
Nujjup. Kerkook. Bagdad Bedraeo.
Femloom. Suleimaneeb.
Kheaail. Kiow Soujak.
Dour.

98. In his despatch No. 14, dated 23rd April 1S50, to Sir Stratford
Canning, British Ambassador at Constan­
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tinople, Lieutenant A. B. Kemball
writes :—
" I have the honour to report.for Your Excellcnoy’s information that Maashook Pasha,
the newly appointed Governor of Basrah, who.arrived here on the 3rd April 1850, left Baghdad
on the 4th April for tho seat of his Government, attended by the suite of Naval officers aud
artificers, which accompanied him from Constantinople.
The boundaries of Maashook Pasha's jurisdiction aro declared to be identical with those
which defined Basrah when existing formerly as a separate aud independent Pachalic, viz., the
Heed River and Hye Canal on cither bank of the Tigris ; and Samawa on the Euphrates. This
delimitation will include the territories of tho great Montefik tribe. The executive Govern­
ment is placed in financial and military subordination to Baghdad, but the new Governor is
empowered to correspond direct with Constantinople."
99. In bis “ Memoir of the Province of Baghdad," Captain Felex Jone9
describes that the Pashalic of Bagh­
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dad :—
“ At the present time the Pachalic of Baghdad extends from the northern shores of the
Torsian Gulf along the Euphrates river as far upward as Anah, where the Aleppo districts
commence. From thence a lino is drawn across Mesopotamia to the Hamrin range of hills
(whore it crosses the Tigris), and led eastward so as to include the province of Sulimaniyah iu
Kurdistan, bounds it to the north, its eastern limit being then defined by the line of the
Shirwan and Diyaleh rivers as far as Khanakin, whenco it skirts the foot of tho Zagras, includ­
ing the groat plains as far as the Kerkha river west of the Hawizch, and thence to the angle
formed by the meeting of the Shat-el-Arab and Moharomerah streams. This is a large and
profusely-watered arable tract of country ranging over nearly five degrees of latitude and
longitude, enclosing an area of available soil, which I compute at fifty-thousand square, miles."
About tbo 1874, Mosul and Diarbekir were constituted into separate Vila-
yats. !
100. In the years 1871-72 Midhut Pasha extended tho Ottoman dominion
vrtri, „ m .., , „ , . over the District of Hasa and Katif. In
JAttoral and Hasa and KaliJ affairs, paragraph 1875 tUlS BOWly Conquered territory---
^Poiitid A., Novomber 1675, Kw, S3-S8. wHed by the Turks Nejd, along with
Basrah, Nasanyah, the centre of the
Montefik country and Kurna and Amarah were constituted with an indepen­
dent Yilayat callod the Basrah Vilayat aud Nasir P°"lia—the Montefik Sheikh
yyas appointed the first Yali thereof. I