Author
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia in the period September 1917 to March 1919 covering such topics as administration of justice
Publication Date
5 Sep 1917-9 Mar 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
669
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/10/618
Record ID
vdc_100000000419.0x000201
Library Location
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.
Date
5 Sep 1917-9 Mar 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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 tribes
Desert 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 reports
British relations with the Arab tribes in various regions of Mesopotamia
British relations with the Kurdish tribes of the Kurdish areas of Mesopotamia
Reports concerning the potential for mineral, agricultural and economic development
Reports on trips of reconnaissance
Reports on the administration of justice
Statement of expenditure incurred by the civic hospital, Basra from 1916-17
Report 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 1917
Compilation 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, 1915
Handbook 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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the file are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The topic Mesopotamia (3540) is divided into six parts with each part comprising one volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
P 3540/1916
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Kurdish Tribal Map Northern Sheet
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/618, f 289
Kurdish Tribal Map Southern Section
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/618, f 290
