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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [65v] (135/470)
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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APPENDIX VII.
Revenue Statement of the Division.
Taken in Kind
Source of Revenue. to nearest Ton. Taken in Cash.
Saifi:
Rs.
A.
P.
Rice, ambar -
.
17
—
Rice, na‘imah
-
4,007
—
Rice, howazawi
.
209
—
Haricots
-
—
1,422
4
0
Sesame
.
—
7,402
10
0
Millet
.
—
12,943
13
9
Mash - - -
.
—
72,432
7
0
Shitwi:
Wheat
.
419
—
Barley
.
2,968
—
Dukhn
.
—
16,517
10
0
Other Sources of Revenue:
Quarantine -
.
—
52,642
0
0
Vegetables tax
.
—
50,306
0
0
Kodah
-
—
78.740
0
0
Date - - -
-
—
94,883
0
0
Wood
.
—
7,461
0
0
Reed, mats and ghassab
.
—
/ 8,962
0
0
Tobacco licences
.
—
3,102
0
0
Brick kilns -
-
—
580
0
0
Tombak
-
—
891
0
0
Fruit trees
-
—
2,415
0
0
Stamps
-
—
3,242
8
0
Fish - - -
-
—
14,086
0
0
Buffaloes and camels
-
—
1,925
0
0
Fines - - -
-
—
927
0
0
Miscellaneous (including slaughter-houses) -
—
9,794
0
0
Anticipated for December
.
—
4,888
0
0
Total
-
7,620
4,45,563
4
9
APPENDIX VIII.
Proposed Organisation of the Shamiyah Division.
1. Political Officer Shamiyah at Najaf controlling the administrative work of the Division
through an A.P.O. for the Kufah-Najaf town area at Najaf and an A.P.O. for the District at Abu
Sukhair, but controlling directly the purely political affairs of Najaf, in which work he is assisted by
a personal assistant, and also controlling directly desert affairs through a Government Agent in
A1 Qusur.
The A.P.O. Shabanah and civil surgeon of the Division also refer directly to the Political Officer.
2. Assistant Political Officer Kufah Najaf town area at Najaf with two assistants, one of whom
should be a British Officer, one stationed at Najaf and one at Kufah, a health officer, a municipal
engineer, and a Police Officer in charge of the police.
3. Assistant Political Officer Shamiyah at Abu Sukhair, with four assistants, two of which
should be British Officers. Two assistants for each river, the headquarters of the Eastern river being
Umm al Ba‘rur and of the Western, Ja‘arah. One assistant always to be at the headquarters of the
Sub-Division and one on tour.
Each river to consist of four Shu‘bahs, as follows :—
Name.
Eastern Shamiyah.
Headquarters.
(1) Hor al Dukhn
( 2 ) Muhannawiyah
(3) Umm al Ba‘rur
(4) Ghammas -
Abu Shorah
Muhannawiyah
Umm al Ba‘rur
Ghammas
( 2 ) and (3) originally formed the very large Umm al Ba‘rur Shu‘bah. The
Shu bah will now stretch roughly from Salachiyah to Qal‘at Earhan al Naji, and the
Shu bah from Qal‘at Farhan al Naji to Umm Shawarif. The Ghammas Shu'bah
lower portion of the present Ghammas Shu‘bah.
Muhannawiyah
Umm al Ba‘rur
will exclude the
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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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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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