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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [127r] (258/470)
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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235
BASRAH DIVISION.
Administrative Report of the Basrah Division for the
Year 1918.
INDEX.
Acquisition - - - -
Agricultural - - - -
Basrah Sanjaq Society
Boundaries of Basrah Sanjaq
Civil Hospital
Compensation
Court of Wards
Customs . - - .
Development of Basrah
Education - - - -
Establishment of Health Department
Extract from Report by the A.M.G.
Geographical ...
Hostility between Shi'ahs and Sunni
Housing and Town-Planning
Industrial - - - -
Irrigation - - - -
Jail - - - - -
Jews and Christians
Judicial - - - -
Labour -
Land Revenue
Medical - - - -
Miscellaneous
„ and Special Revenue -
Municipal Area, Basrah
,, Improvements - '
Municipality, Basrah
Nahiyahs of the Basrah Sanjaq
Police -
Political and Tribal
Population - - - -
Port Sanitary Service of Basrah •
Report of Port Health Officer
Shabanahs - - - -
Sanitary Progress - - -
„ Works
Sanitation -
Sanniyah -
Tapu - - - *
,, Officer’s Report
Tribal Disputes Regulation -
Vaccination and Inoculation
Warders -
Waqf - - • -
PAGE
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272
245
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245
281
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256
250
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240
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280
246
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253
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279
245
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278
264
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255
243
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267
280
242
LIST OF APPENDICES.
PAGE
Appendix.
A. —-Land Revenue for Year 1918-19 - - ' ' "
B. —Sanniyah and Sequestrated Estates Revenue during the Year 1918
C. —Revenue Collection in 1917-18 and 1918-19
D. —Receipts and Expenditure of Municipal Commissioner for 1918-19
E —Food Price List -
f!—R eceipts and Expenditure of A.M.G., Basrah, for 1918-19
G.& H.—Veterinary Dispensary Accounts - * ' . '
I. - Criminal Cases disposed of by the P.O. and A.P.O. m 1918
J—List of Offences dealt with by the D.M.G. in 1918
K.—List of Offences dealt with by A.M.G. in 1918 - - ;
L_ Statement showing Crime of Basrah Sanjaq up to 31st October 1J18
]VI Report of Working of the Civil Jail, Basrah, for 1918
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289, 290
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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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