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101. In 1880 Basrah was restored to Baghdad. In 1884 it was again
Mr. riow.ien to tbo Eiubftny, No. Goi, «]»tcJ 20th constituted a separnto Vilayet, includin''
^Kui-rn*?A., September 18S1, No*. 05-87. ^l0 blowing MulCSSariffiks : —
(No. 67).
(1) Basrah.
(2) Ncjd and Ilasa,
(3) Nasariyah ain.
(4) Amarah.
102. In tho Gazetteer of Baghdad, 1SS9, the boundaries of the Vilayats of
Baghdad and Basrah are given as follows :
“Tho present boundnrios of the Pachalie or U'ilaiat of Baghdad (as it is now called)
baTe never been accurately defined. Approximately they aro as follows :
.
Northern boundary.—Starts from tho Persian frontier, 25 miles to tho cast of the town
of Kifri, bends to the south and west, of Karra Tappa and Ghurfa, thence north-west crossing
tho Tigris 20 miles north of Tilcrit and then again due west across Al-Jazira lo the 41* of
cast longitude (approximately) and then duo south to the Euphrates, to the village of lil-Ezri
from where it again runs duo west to the 39° cast longitude.
Southern.—On the south tho line dividing it from that of Basrah runs between Kut and
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Amarn, and, crossing the Tigris below Kut, passes above the Mai country in Mesopotamia to
Nasiiia, and thence oro'ses the Euphrates lo the Shamia dcsoi t.
Eastern.—On tbo cast it is bounded by tho mountain range which separates Persia from
Turkey.
lf'etlern.—The western boundary is approximately that shewn in Kiepert’a Carte Generate
of the Ottoman Empire, vie., 39° east meridian iu that map.
Basrah.—A province of Asiatic Turkey is sometimes included in tire Wilaiat of
Baghdad ; sometimes for a few years it exists as a separate Wilaiat, with a greater or less
extent of territory attached to it; sometimes, as at present, it is a separate Wilaiat, without a
lVali of its own, and still administered by the Wali of Baghdad, although the tract of country"
assigued to it ie perhaps more extensive'than that left under Baghdad.
Its present boundaries arc as follows
North.—The boundary dividing Basrah Wilaiat from that of Baghdad lies between Kut
and Araara, and, crossing the Tigris below Kut, passes above the Hai country in Mesopotamia
to Nasiria (Montefik), and thence crosses the Euphrates to the Shamia desert. Thus the lower
boundary oE Kut, the river Ilai and a point bolow Saniawa divides the two Wiluiats.
South.—'The Persian Gulf.
East.—A line from the Jabal-IIimrio hills to the town of Mohammorah, and thence down
the Shat-el-Arab to tho Per-ian Gulf, divides the Wilaiat from Persia. The left bank of the
Shat-el-Arab is Persian territory.
West.—The boundary ends at a place to tho Eouth of Ncjd called Birich.”

(ii) Pashas or Valis of Baghdad.
103. The earliest mention in our records of the Pashas of Baghdad is that-
of Ahmed Pasha, who in tho year 1733 A. P. defeated Nadir Shah’s forces in a
great battle and saved Baghdad being taken by the Persians. He rendered tho
Pashalic practically independent of the Ottoman Government at Constantinople.
It does not appear from our records who succeeded him. In 1750 Soliman
Pasha was made the Pasha of Baghdad, Basrah and Aleppo.
104. It must ho noted that the Pashas appointed as their ministers or Sec­
retaries or Lieutenant-Governors, officers who were called Kins or K hay as :
these Kbayas were oficn so powerful and the Pashas so weak, that they usurped
tho whole government and exercised all the powers of a Pasha.
lb5. Below is given a list of the Pashas or Valis of Baghdad from the year
1750, so far as can bo ascertained from our records:—