Bahama Bank
GREAT and by the Caliph Almansur, and raised to a LITTLE, shoals among the West India 10 MOSQUE OF ABDUL KADR AT BAGDAD high degree of splendor, in the 9th century, by Haroun Al Raschid. It is the scene of a number of the tales of the "Arabian Nights." In the 13th century it was stormed by Hulaku, grandson of Genghis-Khan, who caused the reigning caliph to be slain, and destroyed the caliphate. In the World War (1914- 1918) British forces captured the city, March 11, 1917, and it has since been governed by a British commission. As a result of the peace treaty, handed to the Turkish peace delegates in Paris on May 11, 1920, Bagdad became part of the independent state of Mesopotamia.
Pop. of vilayet about 900,000. City, about 225,000.
Islands; the former between 22° and 26° N., 75° and 79° W., having S. and W. the Bahama old and new channels. On it are the islands of Providence, Andros, and Exuma. The Little Bank, N. W. of W. the foregoing, between 26° and 27° N., 77° and 79° W., has on it the Great Bahama and Abaco Islands.