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A Guide to the Sites of Antiquities and Civilization: Baghdad to Kirkuk to Sulaimani (1965)

Illustrated guidebook with maps and photographs, entitled 'A Guide to the Sites of Antiquities and Civilization. The Fourth Journey. Kirkuk to Sulaimani (1965) with photographs of sites including the rock tombs of Qizqaban

A Guide to the Sites of Antiquities and Civilization: Baghdad to Mosul (1966)

Illustrated guidebook with maps and photographs, entitled 'A Guide to the Sites of Antiquities and Civilization. The Third Journey. Baghdad to Mosul' (1966) with photographs of sites including Ashur, Khinnis, the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul and Zakho Bridge

A handwritten article by the Committee for the Defence of the Kurdish People's Movement in Iraq

The Committee for the Defence of the Kurdish People's Movement penned a four-page handwritten article in 1976. In this article, the authors criticise both the Iraqi and Iranian governments for their efforts to suppress the Kurdish population with the assistance of local Kurdish parties. Committee members include the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Association of Kurdistan Students Abroad (AKSA), and the Confederation of Iranian Students National Union (CIS).

Agrarian Reform Law and the End of Feudalism (1958)

Pamphlet on 'Agrarian Reform Law and the End of Feudalism' (1958) comprising speeches by new President Abdul-Karim Qasim and his former pupil, Hadib Al-Hajj Hamoud, Minister for Agriculture, along with a treatise on the topic.

Agricultural Policy and Land Reform Cooperatives in Iraq (PhD thesis, 2007) by Nidhal K. Rashid

PhD thesis from 2007 by Nidhal K. Rashid, a former M.A. post-graduate of Exeter (1972), based on primary sources and provides an analysis of the historical experiences of agricultural policy and land reform, not only in Iraq but also in comparison with Egypt, Iran, and Russia, in addition to an examination of the role of cooperatives in achieving rural development between 1950 and 1980. The University of Leicester (U.K.) published two chapters of the study in their magazine The International Journal of Cooperative Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2005 and Vol. 3, No. 2, Nov. 2007.

Al-Asas. Voice of Revolutionary Communists in Iraq (December 1979)

December 1979 issue of 'Al-Asas' newspaper, 'The Voice of Revolutionary Communists in Iraq', published in Beirut.

Al-Da'wah Chronicle. The Voice of the Iraqi Mujahideen No.44 (December 1983)

Issue No.44 (December 1983) of 'Al-Da'wah Chronicle. The Voice of the Iraqi Mujahideen', published in London by the Information Committee of the Islamic Da'wa Party (Europe). Topics discussed include the recent bombings of American and other embassies in Kuwait, Ba'athist crimes in Iraq, Islamic political struggle, and 'the Martyrdom of the Five Scholars' in Baghdad in December 1974.

Al-Da'wah Chronicle. The Voice of the Iraqi Mujahideen. Issue No.22 (February 1982)

Issue No.22 (February 1982) of 'Al-Da'wah Chronicle. The Voice of the Iraqi Mujahideen', published in London by the Information Committee of the Islamic Da'wa Party (Europe). Topics discussed include the ongoing massacres of Muslim Brothers in Hama, Syria, Ba'athist crimes in Iraq, the anniversaries of the uprisings in Iraq (February 1977) and Iran (February 1979), Islamic political struggle and relations between different Islamic organisations.

Al-ʻĀmilūn fī al-naft Nos.12-22 (January - December 1963)

Issues 12-22 (January - December 1963) of Al-ʻĀmilūn fī al-naft [Oil Workers], the in-house magazine of the Iraq Petroleum Company Ltd., the Basrah Petroleum Company Ltd. and the Mosul Petroleum Company Ltd., containing articles of general interest as well as features on internal company news.

Al-ʻĀmilūn fī al-naft Nos.35-46 (January - December 1965)

Issues 35-46 (January - December 1965) of Al-ʻĀmilūn fī al-naft [Oil Workers], the in-house magazine of the Iraq Petroleum Company Ltd., the Basrah Petroleum Company Ltd. and the Mosul Petroleum Company Ltd., containing articles of general interest as well as internal company affairs.

An article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on a book by Aziz Shemzini

A five-page article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on Aziz Shemzini’s book 'Jolaneweyi Rizgari Nishtimani Kurdistan' [The Patriotic Freedom Movements from Kurdistan]. Aziz Shemzini was a prominent member of the KDP in the 1940s - the grandson of Abdel Kader Shemzini, he received a doctorate in Leningrad in 1958. His book was published in Kurdish, Arabic and Russian.

An Exchange between the Communist International and High Representatives of Mesopotamia (1922)

An exchange of letters between the High Representatives of Mesopotamia and Grigorii Zinoviev, Chairman of the Communist International, both criticising the British administration, its motives and policies. Translated and annotated by Burak Sayım.

An Iraqi Doctor’s Medical Address (1927)

Text of an address about child health by Dr. Hanna Khayyat, Director of Public Health in Iraq under the British Mandate, given on 23 December 1927 and published in the journal 'Majjalat al-Tibbiyyah al-Baghdadiyyah'. Translated from the original Arabic and annotated by Sara Farhan.

Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, 1969.

46-page issue of the Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, (1969) edited by Dara Attar and containing articles by Lord Kilbracken, Taufiq Wahby and C.J. Edmonds.

Babylon booklet

20 page booklet on the ancient site at Babylon, in English, Arabic, German, Russian and French, published in 1982 by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information's State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage. In addition to a descriptive history of the site, there are plans, photographs, artistic reconstructions of the buildings and illustrations of Babylonian costume.

Baghdad City Map, circa 1960s

Baghdad City Map, Issued by the Summer Resorts and Tourism Service, Baghdad. Circa Mid C20th

Baghdad No. 9 (July 1974)

Issue No.9 of 'Baghdad' magazine, published in July 1974 by the Iraqi Ministry of Information and containing articles on The Kurdish Academy in Baghdad, Abu Mnaycir summer camp, medieval Baghdad, Arabic calligraphy, traditional Iraqi music and other topics.

Baghdad Observer (1st April 1981) Vol. VIII, No.4032

1st April 1981 issue of the Baghdad Observer. Discusses political, social and various other subjects and historical moments, primarily focussing on, but not limited to, the regions of Iraq and the wider Middle East. Some of the headings in this issue include: King Hussein receives Iraqi Minister Kurds attack Khomeini guards Iraqi planes destroy enemy bridge

Baghdad, December No. 8 1973

Basra, early 1980s

B&W photograph of a street in Basra during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), with sandbags visible as a protection against air attack

British documents on Mustafa Barzani (1903-79)

Selection of documents on Mustafa Barzani, including three pages of handwritten biographical notes on diplomatic notepaper and a typed transcript of an interview with Barzani by Richard Beeston (1926-2015)

Bulletin of the Republic of Iraq (August 1964)

Bulletin of the Republic of Iraq (January-February 1966)

Bulletin of the Republic of Iraq (July 1964)

Bulletin of the Republic of Iraq (July 1964) containing articles on Palestine, the Arab Socialist Union and the oil industry

Bulletin of the Republic of Iraq (May-June 1965)