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- c. 1970 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises background material on Iraq and Iran.
Material on Iraq consists of: notes on Iraq annotated "possibly no hope- coup on July 29th"; notes on Babylonian numbers and "relevant verse and prose"; photocopies of guides to Iraq and Babylon; photocopies from books and articles on subjects including methods of calculation in early Mesopotamia, artefacts in the Baghdad museum, Babylonia and Assyria, the beginnings of the wheel and Mesopotamian engineers.
Material on Iran consists of: notes on Persia annotated with "Earthquake - July 29th, possible nomad problems"; a rough map of [nomadic routes in Persia]; notes on [the Bakhtiari tribe] migration routes, Oljeitu Sultan Mongolfor 'Fortunate', Genghis Khan, Persian tribes, agricultural methods in Iran, the Shiraz museum, metals and glassmaking in Persia; photocopies from books about Persian nomadic tribes, stirrups, Mongols (mounted nomads) and the architecture of mosques.
Also includes: a copy of a letter from David H M Brooks (University of Durham, department of Anthropology) to Adrian Malone (21 Jul 1970) on the Bakhtiari and Qashqai nomadic tribes and sending further information on nomadism (included); and copies of letters between Jo Marquand and Jennifer Scarce (The Royal Scottish Museum, department of Art and Archaeology) on subjects including Oljaitu Khan, early Neolithic sites in Anatolia, wall paintings in Ankara museum, and a possible connection between Oljaitu Khan's tomb and the Taj Mahal.