File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1918 PORTION'

Title:

File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1918 PORTION'

Date:

1918/1918

Description:

Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia in the period September 1917 to March 1919 covering such topics as administration of justice, agriculture and land revenue, and tribes.The papers notably cover the following:Arab labour in the Occupied Territories (ff 581-588)British relations with tribesmen of southern Kurdistan (ff 565-580)Violent actions of Russian troops at Khaniqin [Khanaqin]Administration of the Tribal Disputes Regulation in the Basra vilayet (f 452)The Euphrates Channels from Musaiyib [Musayyib] to Sammarah [Samarra]: physical features and position of tribesDesert reconnaissance undertaken by 31st Wing, RAF, Mesopotamia, August 1918 (ff 141-143)Revenue for Basra vilayet, May 1918 (ff 114-139).Notable items include the following:Land revenue reportsBritish relations with the Arab tribes in various regions of MesopotamiaBritish relations with the Kurdish tribes of the Kurdish areas of MesopotamiaReports concerning the potential for mineral, agricultural and economic developmentReports on trips of reconnaissanceReports on the administration of justiceStatement of expenditure incurred by the civic hospital, Basra from 1916-17Report by Mr Bonham Carter, Senior Judicial Officer, Baghdad on Administration of Civil Justice in Baghdad vilayet (f 441)List of mineral specimens sent to Imperial Institute, London (ff 425-426)Revenue note on Karbala (f 368)Note on trip from Qal‘at Salih via the marshes and Beni Turuf [Banī Ṭurf] country to Ahwaz by Captain Stuart Edwin Hedgcock, Assistant Political Officer, ‘Amarah [Al ‘Amarah]Notes on the tribes of Southern Kurdistan by Major Ely Bannister Soane, Political Officer, Khaniqin [Khanaqin]Land revenue note on Qizil Rabat [Jabal Qizil Rabat] including a family tree of a branch of the Jaf [Jaff] tribe (f 254)Report on the administration of civil and criminal justice in the Basra vilayet by the courts established under the Iraq Occupied Territories Code during the year 1917Compilation of proclamations, notices relating to civil administration and inhabitants of the Baghdad vilayet issued 22 December 1916 to 1 July 1918 (ff 204-236)Proclamation issued by the General Officer Commanding in Chief (ff 171-203)Political Office Diaries, July-August 1918 for Badra, Hai [Al-Hay], Zobair [Az Zubayr], Suq-esh-Sheyukh [Suq Al-Shuyukh], Nasiriyeh [Nasiriyah], Shattra [Al-Shatrah], Qilat Sikar [Qalat Sukkar] (ff 145-167)Supplement number 5 (up to 1 July 1918). The Iraq Occupied Territories Code, 1915Handbook to ‘Amarah Agricultural Show (in Arabic) (ff 60-67)Memorandum on Shebanah (local Arab levies) in Mesopotamia (f 51)Half yearly report on the working of the Office of Superintendent, Government Press, Basra, for the half year ending 30 September 1918 (ff 44-49)Land revenue reports for Musaiyib, Qizil Rabat, Kadhimian [Kadhimiya], Diwaniyah [Al Diwaniyah], Ramadi, Shamiyah [Al-Shamiya] (ff 24-42)Report on a visit to Jabal Sinjar, Captain Archibald Campbell Munro, Indian Medical Service, July 1918.Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); Chief Political Officer in Charge, Iraq Section, Arab Bureau (Gertrude Lothian Bell); Director, Military Intelligence, Cairo; Officer-in-Charge, Arab Bureau; Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; Senior Judicial Officer, Baghdad; First Revenue Officer, Indian Civil Service; and the General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 670; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. There are five foliation anomalies: f 143a, f 429a, f 449a, f 581a, and f 617a.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Agriculture
Revenue
Tribes
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000201_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000201_en
IOR/L/PS/10/618
IOR/L/PS/10/618

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