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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [19r] (42/470)
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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khaniqin division.
rr n V/r G ^ AFmC , A L ^ OIJNI)ARIES OE Division and its Districts.— (Reference
T.C. Maps 124a and 230.)
(a) Divisional Boundaries, Khaniqin Division.
North and West, the Sirwan River from the point where it cuts the Turco-
Persian boundary down to Tawilah (8 miles down-stream of Qizil Robat).
East, the Turco-Persian boundary.
South and South-West, a line running from Turco-Persian boundary immediately
south of the Haurisianah, thence west of Fitah Kirkush and Daimah, and along the
ridge of the Jabal Hamrin to Tahwilah. This includes, in general, all cultivation
dependent on the Ab-i-Naft, Ab-i-Gangir and Ab-i-Tursakh.
(b) Inter-District Boundaries.
Between Mandali and Khaniqin, a line running from point 625 (sq. C 68 ) on
the Agh Bash to a point immediately north of Naft Khanah.
Between Mandali and Qizil Robat, a line running from point 625 on the Agh
Bash along the ridge of the Agh Bash to point 545 (sq. C 76) on the Jabal Hamrin.
Between Khaniqin and Qizil Robat, a line running north from point 625 on the
Agh Bash to Yainikari, thence north-west to the confluence of the Qaraghan River
with the Sirwan.
District Administration Reports for the Year 1918.
I. Khaniqin District -
II. Mandali District
III. Qizil Robat District
Divisional Report
pp. 32-34
pp. 35-36
p. 37
pp. 38-54
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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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- 'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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