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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [6v] (17/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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On the 29th March he was appointed Assistant Political Officer, Samarra, and
in July the office of the Town Commandant was finally abolished.
The Political Officer left for India on leave on 8 th June. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
took over
the Qadha on that date and is still Officiating Political Officer. In addition, the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
performed the duties of the Special Service Officer from June to August.
Lieut. Guest, Blockade Officer, remaining at Balad as Officiating Assistant Political
Officer until September, when he returned to Baghdad.
Capt. A. Platts was appointed Assistant PolPical Officer, Tikrit, in August and
remains in that capacity.
Capt. B. H. Cates took over the office of the Assistant Political Officer, Balad,
in September, and was transferred to Sharqat in December. Balad is now without
an Assistant Political Officer.
The administration of the Qadha has been greatly assisted by the whole-hearted
endeavour of almost all the Staff, and this report would be incomplete without a
word of appreciation to thafc Staff. Capt. A. Platts, the Assistant Political Officer,
Tikrit, has most ably administered his Nahiyah since our occupation, including the
difficult period when troops were fighting in his area. Corporal A. Welstenholme,
the Head Clerk of the Samarra Office, has been invaluable, whilst Mahmud Effendi
Nadim, the energetic Mudir of Balad and Sumaichah, has carried out his duties in a
most able and praiseworthy manner.
E. S. Berry, Captain,
Officiating Political Officer.
Political Office, Samarra,
10th January 1919.
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The volume comprises annual reports and administration reports, submitted by Political Officers, for the following divisions in occupied Mesopotamia [Iraq]: Samara; Ba'qubah; Khaniqin [Khānaīqn]; Samawah; Shamiyah [Shāmīyah]; Hillah; Dulaim [Anbar]; Basrah; Qurnah; 'Amarah [Al 'Amārah]; Kut; Nasiriyah; Kirkuk; and the Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. [Kuwayt].
The administration reports often include details under the following headings: tribal and political boundaries; revenue; irrigation; agriculture; industry; municipalities; judicial; education; medical and sanitation; housing; police; jails; Shabanahs; labour; Waqf; establishment and personnel. They often contain appendices, providing statistical tables, special reports, notes on prominent personalities, lists of ruling Shaikhs, and details of court cases and prisoners.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Arrangement
A table of contents can be found at page 2 (folio 2v).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (445pp, including maps and tables).
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- IOR/L/PS/20/250
- Title
- 'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:232v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence