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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [157r] (318/470)
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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Total - - - 558
X 4
295
APPENDIX M.
Basrah Civil Jail.
Report on the Working of the Civil Jail, Basrah, for the Year 1918.
Accommodation :
Convicts, male -
Convicts, female
Convicts, hospital
Convicts, civil
Total
Classification of Prisoners of all Classes during the Year :
Convicts ....
U. trial ....
Civil
Safe custody - - - -
Lunatics ....
.
- 216
.
- 12
.
- 12
-
- l10
-
- 250
Male.
Female. Total.
- 525
33 558
- 231
20 251
- 67
— 67
2 — 2
1 1 2
Total .... 826 54 880
Monthly Average Numbers of all Classes of Prisoners
Males. Females.
January
-
- 259-6
4-8
February
-
- 262-5
6-1
March -
-
- 269-2
4-3
April -
.
- 274-03
5-2
May
-
- 294-09
5-06
June
-
- 297-2
4-7
during the Year:
Males. Females.
July -
_
_
- 278-8
4-4
August
-
-
- 273-09
7-6
September -
-
-
- 268-7
6-0
October
-
-
- 282-1
3-6
November
-
-
- 271-2
3-4
December
-
-
- 261-8
8-8
Statement showing Religion, Age and Occupation of Prisoner Convicts only :
(1) Religion —
Christians ------
Eurasians -
Arabs -------
Indians -------
Mahommadans - -
Arabs -------
Indian -------
Persians -------
Hindus -------
Various -------
Arabs, Jews ------
4
10
7
364
43
73
15
16
27
Total. - - - 558
(2) Age—
Prisoners under 16 years
„ 16 to 40
„ „ 60 to 60
„ „ 40 upwards
Total
7
476
k 65
10
558
(3) Education —
Able to read and write -
Able to read only
Illiterate
- 26
- 14
- 518
Total . - - 558
(4) Previous Occupation —
Employed under Government
Commerce
Agriculture
Industry
Miscellaneous
32
47
35
68
376
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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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