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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [10r] (24/470)
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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BA‘QUBAH DIVISION.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BA‘QUBAH DIVISION FOR
THE YEAR 1918.
INDEX.
Serial No.
Subject.
Page.
1. —Political and Tribal, including general character and distribution of inhabitants and
statement of geographical boundaries of district and division - - -
2. —Revenue :—
{a) Land Revenue -------- w
(6) Tapu - - - - - - -
(c) Waqf ---------
(d) Miscellaneous and Special Revenue -------
(e) Customs - - - - - - - - - . "
(/) Compensation --------
3. —Irrigation ----------
4. —-Agriculture ----------
5. —Municipalities ----------
6. —Judicial -----------
7. —Education ----------
8. —Medical and Sanitation --------
9. —Police ----------
9(a).—J ails ----------
10. —Shabanahs - - - - - -
11 . —Labour - -- -- -- -- -
12. —Miscellaneous ----------
13. —Establishment and Personnel ------
14. —Appendix A - "
15. —Appendix
] 6 —List of Shaikhs ---------
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Boundaries : 1. Political.— The boundaries of the Division are as follows :—
Along the crest of the Jabal Hamrin, N.W., nearly to the ‘Adhaim Gorge; thence
a few miles short of and parallel to the ‘Adhaim, to the Tigris at Dojamah, along
the Tigris to Daudiyah (exclusive) and parallel to the Mushriyah Canal through
Imam Daud; south of Khan Bani Sa‘ad to the Diyalah River at Safwah; thence
a line N.E. to the ‘Aziziyah border; thence N. on a straight line passing midway
between Balad Ruz and Mandali to the Jabal Hamrin.
The P.O.’s Headquarters are at Ba‘qubab. The Division is divided into four
districts, with A.P.O.s at Ba‘qubah, Shahraban, Dali Abbas and Daltawah.
The Division is divided roughly, North and South, by the Diyalah River. ^
Owing to the abolition of the post of A.P.O., Dali ‘Abbas, the boundaries of
the districts were changed in June; but as the presence of British troops in Dali
‘Abbas required an A.P.O. on the spot, it was found necessary to re-post an A.P.O.
there, and the Division was again divided into the following districts :—
{a) Ba‘qubah, the tails of the Mahrut and Khurasan Canals.
( 6 ) Shahraban. The area watered by the Ruz, Haruniyah, Shahraban.
Sinsil and Hambis Canals and the heads of the Mahrut and Khurasan Canals.
These latter include the Waqf and Tapu portions of the Mahrut Canal and the
large Qadiriyah Waqf property on the Khurasan.
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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.
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- 1 volume (231 folios)
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A table of contents can be found at page 2 (folio 2v).
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:232v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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