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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [35r] (74/470)
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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63
SH AMI YAH DIVISION.
Annual Administration Report, Shamiyah Division, from
1st January to 31st December 1918.
INDEX.
PARAGRAPH. SUBJECT. PAGE
1. —Tribal and Political—
Boundaries and general description of the Division - - - - 63
Trade and communications -------- 65
Turkish Administrative Divisions -------65
General character and distribution of inhabitants - - - - - 66
Events in Shamiyah and Najaf ------- 68
British Administrative system - - - - - - - 70
The future ---------- 72
2. —Revenue—
(а) Land Revenue ---------72
(б) Tapu - 75
(c) Waqf --------- 75
(d) Miscellaneous and Special Revenues - - - - - - 76
(e) Customs ----------77
(/) Compensation - - - - - - - - - 77
3. —Irrigation - - - - - - - - - - 77
4. —Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - 81
5. —Municipalities - - - - - - - - - -84
General - -- -- -- -- -85
Najaf - - 88
Kufah 88
Ja‘arah and Abu Sukhair --------94
Umm al Ba‘rur ------- -95
Ghammas ----------96
6. —Judicial ---------- 96
7. —Education ..--------98
8. —Medical and Sanitation - -- -- -- -98
9. —Police ----------- 100
10. —Shabanahs ---------- 100
11. —Labour ---------- 102
12. —Miscellaneous ---------- 102
Pilgrimages --------- - 102
Oudh Bequest --------- 102
Najaf Press --------- - 102
Buildings - -- -- -- -- - 103
13. —Establishment and Personnel ------- 103
Appendices.
Appendix.
I.—Table of References - - - - - - - -105
II.—Note on the Shi‘ah Mujtahids -------- 105
III. —Prominent Personalities in Najaf and Shamiyah ------ 106
IV. —The constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf under the rule of the four Shaikhs from
the original document - - - - - - - - - 111
V.—Report on the Najaf Police bySgt. Fear - - - - - -112
VI.—Report on the Shamiyah Shabanah by Captain MacWhinnie - - - - 113
VII.—Revenue Statement of the Division - - - - - - -116
VIII. —Proposed future organisation - - - - - - - -116
1. Political and Tribal : Boundaries and General Description of the Division .—
The Shamiyah Division is the land watered by the Hindiyah River from Kifl, where
the river divides into two branches, known as the Kufah and Shamiyah Channels,
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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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