DIWANIEH  , a small See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• ASIA

Asia, about 40 M. below See also:

• HILLAH

Hillah, on both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates (310 58, 47" N., 440 58, 18" E.), which is here spanned by a floating See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge . Formerly a military See also:

• POST

post for the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Affech territory, and a See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph station, it was in 1893 made the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the sanjak, instead of Hillah, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its more strategical position . This See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of the seat of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government represented a step in the development of Turkish control over the central regions of See also:

• IRAK

Irak .