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IOR/L/PS/10/821/6
- Record Id:
- 041-000546048
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x000178
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182907771.0x000008
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/821/6
- Title:
- File 2023/1919 Pt 6 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Divisional Council, Council of Notables’
- Scope & Content:
- This item comprises papers relating to proceedings of the Divisional Council and Council of Notables in the province of Basra [also written as Basrah], as well as observations on circumstances relating to the attempted Revolution of 1920, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise India Office Political Department coversheets, draft papers, copies of telegrams, minute papers, memoranda, and enclosures in print and typescript, notably covering:
- Proposal to revive the ‘Majlis Idarah’ [majlis idārah] in order to better monitor ‘an anti-British note at Basrah’
- Observations on the destructive consequences of ongoing unrest; expressions of confidence in the [British] administration during ‘recent disturbances’
- Funding for education, including the limited capacity of Government schools, and ‘poor boys’ exempted from paying fees
- Permission for the cleaning out of the cesspits of private houses only through Government-licenced contractors (their services are considered too expensive)
- The taxation of fishing by Millan [reed nets; also written Milan]
- The appropriation and occupation of private houses by British military officials; recommendation for them to be billeted in military cantonments; assessments of their impact on local demands for housing; revisions to policies regarding house rents
- Proposals to appropriate ‘idle’ Auqaf [awqāf, endowment in perpetuity] lands, worth six-hundred-thousand rupees, for construction
- Claims against buildings constructed on lands considered to be Auqaf Mundarisah [awqāf mundarisah: obsolete or redundant endowments]
- Resolution in favour of the disposal of Sunni and Shiah waqf [endowment] funds for purposes other than those originally intended (such as education), in contravention of the terms of their original mandate
- Islamic waqf arrangements in British-administered Egypt, adduced as precedent for the British administration in Mesopotamia’s interest in controlling ‘the Waqf income of Islam’, while the endowments of Christian and Jewish communities are administered separately
- The repeal of [British] Indian legislation on succession, probate, limitation, and insolvency, in force in Basra especially, and replaced with laws in line with former Turkish [Ottoman] laws
- Resolution in favour of the covering by veil and cloak of ‘prostitutes’ [sex workers] and ‘dancing girls’ in public, and regulations for both within the Basra Sanjak [sancak: province]
- Proposals to tax all ‘prostitutes’ and to have them examined for venereal diseases; instruction to the Police to conduct a survey of ‘prostitutes’ in Basra and Ashar by the 1) house number and locality, 2) name of the ‘brothel-keeper’, 3) name of the ‘prostitute’, 4) nationality, and 5) place of origin; recommendations that ‘Muslim girls’ [Muslim women] ‘should never dance in theatres or other public places’; a report on the problem of venereal disease in Basra (f 143); a report critiquing the measures taken against the spread of venereal diseases in Egypt and Ahwaz [Ahvaz]
- The numbers, ranks, and annual pay rates for the Basra Gendarmerie.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546041
041-000546048 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/821 : File 2023/1919 Pt 1-13 ‘MESPOT:- DIVL. & MUNICPL. COUNCILS.’
IOR/L/PS/10/821/6 : File 2023/1919 Pt 6 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Divisional Council, Council of Notables’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0822]/040-000546041[0007]/041-000546048
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (60 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 13 Aug 1919-17 Jan 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 2023/1919 Pt 6
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980
- Subjects:
- Waqf
Women - Places:
- Basra, Asia