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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [170r] (344/470)
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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“ Estimation of 1914 by the Turkish
for paddy in the Chahalah district:—
‘Adil
10,000
‘Aiwij -
7,000
Khur-al-Qahamah
2,500
Tala‘ah - - .
2,500
Ramahiyah
800
Dawawir -
1,200
Khur-al-Budair
300
Batul - - -
250
Umm-al-Tus
7,700-
Government as to the area of land used
■Contain the following—
Na‘na‘ah
500
Zalatah - - -
1,300
Umm-al-Hannah -
1,600
Massas -
1,700
Musfah - - -
1,500
Umm Tabiyah
300
Abu Sukhair -
800
7,700
Michairiyah
‘Asaichi -
9,700 As under—
Manahyah
-
2,000
Umm-al-Thuwaimat
500
Humairah
-
600
Jarrayah
-
3,000
Qattah -
-
600
Tamamah
-
200
A1 Mufaishij
-
2,000
Sharmukh
800
9,700
Dhulaimah - - 1,000
Total - - - 43,250 qubalah = 20,000 acres (1 qubalah =
——— 2,228 sq. yards).
One qubalah is 100 by 100 square yards (dhara‘ estimated 17 inches). Seed
required for a qubalah is from 6 to 12 chailah, and estimated at 10 chailah per
qubalah. One chailah equals 9 lbs.”
The following is an estimate by the D.D.I., Tigris, of the amount of rice resulting
from a normal crop of rice in the chief areas of cultivation in this district:
Majar
Chahalah -
Musharrah
Butairah -
Michariyah
15.000
18.000
7.000
16,000
5.000
61,000
Put total at 55,000 as a conservative estimate. The yield of rice per acre is
1,400 lbs. or 5/8th of a ton (conservative estimate). The total yield at this rate
would be about 35,000 tons. If Government share is l/5th, 7,200 tons can be
expected as Government demand. ,,
A reasonable average total yield for the Lower Tigris, including Qurnah, would
Note that according to an estimate given m Turkish times (1914) the area
in the Chahalah is 43,250 qubalas or 20,000 acres. One qubalah = 100 by 100
dhara 1 ; 1 dhara 1 X 17 inches. Say, 1 qubalah x 2,228 yards; 1 acre being
4,840 square yards.
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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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