Kordofan Province reports, 1927-c. 1944
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 553
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-4) notes by Alison Readman on the contents of some of the files in this box, c. 1944
- folder 2 (fols. 1-107) the Hama people: notes on retention of the Nazirates (fols. 2-3) and native administration in Dar Hamar (fol. 4); monthly intelligence reports (fols. 5-9); Native Courts Ordinance 1932 (fols. 10-29); extracts from the Western Kordofan Diary 1935-1937 (fols. 30-31, 70-80); the Alphabet of Hamar Custom (fols. 32-43); correspondence about the reduction of Summary Native Courts in Dar Hamar (fols. 44-69); proposals to abolish animal tax in favour of tribute in 1937 (fols. 81-90); notes on the budget and staffing for 1938 (fols. 91-104); and comments by Douglas Newbold and a report on the police (fols. 105-107)
- folder 3 (fols. 1-76) reports on native administration, customs, and beliefs, and the condition of the people in the Mesakin, Tabanya, the Korongo and Moro Hills, and Um Dorein in the south-west of Talodi District, 1929-1937
- folder 4 (fols. 1-171) material on native administration and courts (fols. 9-39, 124-161); monthly diaries (fols. 7-8, 92-120); reports on education, prisons, and the Sudan Mission (fols. 67-91) and on taxation (fols. 40-65, 121) with two maps of Kordofan (fols. 2 and 6) sent by Douglas Newbold with his comments and a report by Nadel on 'Conditions in Tullishi' (fols. 163-171), 1930-1938
- folder 5 (fols. 1-53) reports on the administration and finances of Eastern Kordofan and the Gawamaa Native Administration's budget, with notes by Newbold, 1934-1938
- folder 6 (fols. 1-60) annual reports for Eastern Kordofan, 1935-1936
- folder 7 (fols. 1-37) 'The Dubab and Nuba of Jebel Daier', Sudan Notes and Records, Volume XIX, Part 1, (fols. 1-22) and a report on the case of Ebeid Ibrahim versus Koko Beheiri illustrating certain Dubab customs (fols. 23-37), 1936
- folder 8 (fols. 1-37) 'The Early History of the Habbania at Sherkeila, 1907-1911' by J.L. (fols. 1-20), with a note on 'The Habbania in Eastern Kordofan' by A.N.C. Bolton (fols. 27-37), 1935-1937.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-c. 1944
Extent
8 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 553
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk