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THOMPSON, Captain R. Campbell.

A list of words and phrases in the Basrah dialect of Arabic.

A list of words and phrases in the Basrah dialect of Arabic.

Stock Code 115618

Simla, Government Central Branch Press, 1916

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A scarce pamphlet on the South Mesopotamian Arabic dialect, or Marsh Arabic, spoken by Southern Iraqis in Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Wasit and Muthanna. The phrases are of a military slant, being designed for use by British officers in Mesopotamia, but also covers a useful vocabulary and elements of grammar.

Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876-1941) was a a British archaeologist who conducted excavations in Mesopotamia, at Nineveh, Ur, Nebo, Carchemish, both before and after the war. He served as Captain in the Intelligence Services in Indian Expeditionary Force D, the contingent deployed in the Mesopotamia campaign, between 1914 and 1917.

Scarce. Only in 7 libraries worldwide and 4 in the UK (BL, Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh).

First edition; 8vo (17 x 11.5 cm); publishers printed cloth wrappers, stitching a little weak, a very good copy; v, 21pp.

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