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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [214r] (432/470)
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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Nominal Roll op Staff of the Political Officer, Nasiriyah.—
Rate of Pay.
Revenue - - . . Mamur .
Clerk
Clerk (second) -
Tahsildars
Mir Bahr -
Boat clerk
Peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
- / .
Tapu .... Mamur
Jail - - - - - Superintendent
Chaush
Warders (four)
Education - - - Headmaster
Teachers (two) -
Peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
Medical and Sanitation :
Gazetted Officer - - Civil surgeon
Hospital and dispensary - S.A.S.
Compounder
Vaccinator
Peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
Bhisti
Attendants, sick
Sweepers (two) -
Cook
Civil works ... Overseer -
Municipality :
General: Office
Watch and Ward
Allowances
Lighting ....
Health and Sanitation
S.G.P.
Peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
H.C. and accountant
Bazaar sergeant, &c.
Interpreter and clerk
Tax clerk -
Arabic
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
-
Town crier
Rais baladiyah -
Farrash (two) -
Coffeeman
B.O.R.’s clerk -
Nightwatch farmer -
Mukhtars (five)
Lamplighter
Sanitary inspector
Head chaush
Chaush (four) -
Coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
(68)
Donkeys and boys (36)
Sweeper drivers (6)
Ditto
Bullocks -
Dust carts (two)
Crowley carts -
Rs.
250/-
170/-
50/-
— (vacant).
100 /-
40/-
25/-
200 /-
20/- extra duty allowance.
40/-
120/- (at 30/- each).
150/-
200/- (at 100/- each).
30/-
100/- (civil allowance).
50/- (L.A. Rs. 10/-. Also
Rs. 15/- compounding allow
ance in addition to military
pay).
— (vacant).
40/-
30/-
30/-
50/- (two at 25/- each).
50/- Ditto.
25/-
180/- (pay adjusted by accounts
officer, works, Basrah).
25/-
50/-
40/- (works as clerk).
— (vacant).
130/-
80/-
10 /-
— (honorary).
50/- (at 25/- each).
25/-
25/-
500/-
150/- at 30/- each).
35/-
20 /-
60/-
120/- (at 30/- eachh
20/- (each).
35/- „
25/- „
— (Indians).
— (six).
— (four).
APPENDIX C.
Nominal Roll of Staff of Assistant Political Officer, Suq al Shuyukh.
Rate of Pay.
Rs.
General
.
.
- Head clerk * - - -
100/- (extra duty all).
Arab assistant - - - -
200/-
General clerk ....
100/-
Record keeper - - - -
130/-
Accountant - - - -
200/-
Vernacular clerk
- ' 80/-
Clerk
100/- (clerk to arbitrators).
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Arrangement
A table of contents can be found at page 2 (folio 2v).
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:232v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence