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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [30r] (64/470)
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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ABSTRACT SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS.
Tobacco.
General
Customs.
Fines.
Sales.
Miscellaneous.
Total Whole
Division.
Rs. As. P.
83,801 15 0
Rs. As. P.
1,07,334 2 0
Rs. As. P.
2,079 5 0
Rs. As. P.
49 0 0
Rs. As. P.
3,331 11 0
Rs. As. P.
1,96,596 1 0
APPENDIX No. 4.
Gross yield of Crops for 1918 as estimated by Revenue staff, to nearest ton :
(a) Khaniqin.
Barley
Wheat
Maize
Dukhn
Sesame
Mash
R ce
Cotton
(b) Mandali.
Barley
Wheat
Maize (yellow)
Maize (white)
Dukhn
(c) Qizil Rabat.
Barley
Wheat
Maize
Maize (white)
Dukhn
Maesh
Beans
Beans (large)
Sesame
Tons.
353
72
525
1
10
2
57
1
3,617
1,743
76
1
3
100
20
53
28
10
1
i
£
1
APPENDIX No. 5.
Record of Civil and Criminal Cases disposed of by Political Officers for which sentences of
imprisonment or infliction of lashes were given. Does not include petty cases disposed of by infliction
of small fines :—
Offence.
Khaniqin.
Qizil Robat.
Mandali.
Number of Cases.
Number of Cases.
Number of Cases.
Robbery ------
43
6
23
Assault ------
3
•2
3
Fraud ------
5
—
4
Pimping
2
—
—
Smuggling
22
4
10
Indecent offence
2
3
—
Debt -------
—
—
5
Gun-running -----
4
—
—
Murder ------
2
—
—
Offence against land laws, water stealing
—
—
46
Cruelty to animals - - - -
2
2
—
Miscellaneous - - - / -
17
5
19
102
22
110
x IO 1162—1 E
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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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- 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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