Baring, Andrew
Introduction
Andrew Baring
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Papers on Sudanese tribes
(i) Bani Hilbah
(ii) Hamar
(iii) Misiriyah
(iv) Maalia
(v) Fallata
(vi) Dar Masalit
(vii) Dimligia
(viii) Zaghawah
(ix) Bani Husain
(x) Kababish
(xi) Bani Gerrar
(xii) Humr
(xiii) Baqqarah
(xiv) Habbaniya
(xv) Ta'aisha
(xvi) Dar Hamid
(xvii) Aulad Hamid
(xviii) Bani Kuzam
(xix) Bani Fadl
(xx) Umm Jalul
(xxi) Zayadia
(xxii) Tergam
(xxiii) Mahada
(xxiv) Fur
(xxv) Meidob
(xxvi) Berti
(xxvii) Rizayqat
(xxviii) Batahin/Shukriyah
(xxix) Hassaniyah Husseinat
(xxx) Hawazma
(xxxi) Kanana
(xxxii) Deghaym
(xxiii) Bahr al-Ghazal tribes
(xxiv) White Nile tribes
(xxxv) Papers, including tribal papers, relating to Darfur
2. Papers relating to Ethiopia
3. Draft Articles and Publications
(a) Articles
(b) Publications
4. Photographic Material
5. Newspaper Cuttings
6. Maps
7. Miscellanea
Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Baring, Andrew
Dates of creation: 1901-1969
Extent: 3 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Baring, Andrew
Language: English, some Arabic, Amharic, Russian and French

Andrew Baring

(1936 - 2003)

1965-1968Harvard grant to research at Khartoum University and Ahfad College, Omdurman


Arrangement

1. Papers on Sudanese tribes
(i) Bani Hilbah
(ii) Hamar
(iii) Misiriyah
(iv) Maalia
(v) Fallata
(vi) Dar Masalit
(vii) Dimligia
(viii) Zaghawah
(ix) Bani Husain
(x) Kababish
(xi) Bani Gerrar
(xii) Humr
(xiii) Baqqarah
(xiv) Habbaniya
(xv) Ta'aisha
(xvi) Dar Hamid
(xvii) Aulad Hamid
(xviii) Bani Kuzam
(xix) Bani Fadl
(xx) Umm Galul
(xxi) Zayadia
(xxii) Tergam
(xxiii) Mahada
(xxiv) Fur
(xxv) Meidob
(xxvi) Berti
(xxvii) Rizeigat
(xxviii) Batahin/Shukria
(xxix) Hassaniya Husseinat
(xxx) Hawazma
(xxxi) Kinana
(xxxii) Deghaym
(xxxiii) Bahr al-Ghazal tribes
(xxxiv) White Nile Province tribes
(xxxv) Papers, including tribal papers, relating to Darfur
2. Papers relating to Ethiopia
3. Draft Articles and Publications
(a) Articles
(b) Publications
4. Photographic Material
5. Newspaper Cuttings
6. Maps
7. Miscellanea

Accession details

Presented by Mr James Thomas, 2006

Catalogue
1. Papers on Sudanese tribes
(i) Bani Hilbah
SAD.65/5/2
1911 Aug
Extract from Sudan Intelligence Report 205 on Darfur
SAD.65/5/3
1919 Feb 12
Typescript extract from a report by T. McNeill, Inspector Southern Darfur District, on the tribal leaders of the Bani Hilbah and their jurisdictions
SAD.65/5/4-6
[192]6 Feb 28
Letter from R.A. Bence-Pembroke, Governor of Darfur to H. MacMichael, Civil Secretary, on the administration of the Bani Hilbah
SAD.65/5/7-15
1926-1927
Extracts from telegrams, including I.M. Bruce-Gardyne, A.D.C. Kassala, to A.G. Pawson, Governor of White Nile Province, and Bence-Pembroke, Governor of Darfur, to Pawson, concerning Mukhtar Ibrahim Nagi; Pembroke to MacMichael, on the pilgrimage by members of the Bani Hilbah tribe to Aba Island; S. Hillelson on the present nazir of the Bani Hilbah; Hillelson to MacMichael on Mukhtar Ibrahim Nagi as agent of Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Al-Taib al-Khalifa `Ali to A.J. Arkell, D.C. Southern District, Kosti, concerning tribal leaders of the Bani Hilbah currently visiting Aba Island; E.S. Fiddes, D.C. Southern Darfur Province, to Bence-Pembroke, concerning Mansura bint Yusuf, wife of the nazir; W.D.C.L. Purves, Acting Governor Darfur, to R. Davies, Director of Intelligence concerning the refusal of the nazir's wife to join him on Aba Island.
SAD.65/5/16
1929
Extract from a note by L.F. Nalder entitled “Fung Province Notes, 1929-30” on the Bani Hilbah tribe
SAD.65/5/17
[1920s]
Extract from a note on the origins of the Bani Hilbah tribe
SAD.65/5/18-28
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by A. Baring, from various sources, on the Bani Hilbah
(ii) Hamar
SAD.65/5/30-43
1950 Oct 25
Article by K.M. Barbour of Gordon Memorial College on “Dar Hamar”, with a covering letter from J.W. Robertson, Civil Secretary, to [A.B. Theobold?], Principal of Gordon College, commenting on the report
(iii) Misiriyah
SAD.65/5/45-49
1908 Apr-1909 Mar
Extracts from SIRs: Appendix L, “Notes on the Jebels of Dar Messeria” by Kaimakam O'Sullivan Bey, Apr 1908; Appendix. E, “Report on a tour of inspection through the Dar Messeria, Dago, and other hills” by El Bimbashi B. Black, 16 Mar 1909; letter from C.A. Willis to Governor Kordofan concerning the complaints of certain Misiriyah, 15 Feb 1909
SAD.65/5/50
1915
Genealogical table of the Misiriyah
SAD.65/5/51
1919 Feb 12
Typescript extract from a report on the Misiriyah of Darfur by T. McNeill, Inspector Southern Darfur District, concerning the tribal leaders and their jurisdictions
SAD.65/5/52-54
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by A. Baring on Misiriyah, from various sources
(iv) Maalia
SAD.65/5/55-73
1923 Nov 10-1945 Sep 22
Papers concerning a boundary dispute involving the Maalia including a note by D.L. Purves and E.S. Fiddes on the demarcation of the boundary, report of a meeting with J.A.A. Blaikie, D.C. Southern District of Darfur, sent to P. Ingleson, Governor Darfur, and letters between Blaikie, Ingleson, E.H. Nightingale, D.C. Southern District Darfur, G.D. Lampen, Governor Darfur and G.M. Moore, DC Northern Darfur District
SAD.65/5/74-87
[1960s]
Arabic Nisba of the Maalia (mimeo)
SAD.65/5/88-95
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes, mostly by Baring, from various sources on the Maalia
(v) Fallata
SAD.65/5/96-107
1925 Apr 9-1944 Apr 11
Correspondence relating to the resettlement of the Fallata, including letters from R.T. Johnston, A.D.C. Nyala (Darfur) to Bence-Pembroke concerning routes south taken by the Fallata and their reputation as cattlemen; M.C. Wordsworth to Ingleson on the Um Bororo Fallata; Ingleson to D. Newbold, Civil Secretary on decisions regarding the Um Bororo Fallata; E.C. Haselden to Ingleson concerning the origins of the Fulbe, with reply; Ingleson to D. Newbold, Civil Secretary re arrangements for returning the Fallata to Nigeria, with reply from Newbold; Ingleson to Haselden regarding repatriation of the Fulbe to French Equatorial Africa
SAD.65/5/108-110
1926-1927
Extracts from reports on the progress of the Fallata tribe
SAD.65/5/111
1944
List of shaykhs of the Um Bororo Fallata and rates of taxes to be paid
SAD.65/5/112-129
[1960s]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Fallata, from various sources
(vi) Dar Masalit
SAD.65/6/1-5
[1920s]
Report on Kobbe origins
SAD.65/6/6-49
1926 May 12
Report by [A.J. Arkell?] including histories of Dar Masalit, Dar Gimr and the Zaghawah Kabja
SAD.65/6/50-65
1948 Jun 14-Aug 14
Minutes by A.E.S. Charles, D.C. Northern Darfur District of a meeting between representatives of Biltine District in French Equatorial Africa and Northern Darfur District at Tini to discuss trans-frontier migration, with lists of men claimed by Sultan `Abd al-Rahman Haggar and Sultan Dosa `Abd al-Rahman and covering letter from Charles to G.D. Lampen, Governor Darfur and reply
SAD.65/6/66-78
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes from various sources on sub-groups of tribes in Dar Masalit, including Mima, Turug, Baigo and Birgid
(vii) Dimligia
SAD.65/6/79-110
[1930s-1940s]
Notes on organisation, customs etc. of sub-groups of the Dimligia tribe
(viii) Zaghawah
SAD.65/6/111-119
1917 Apr 21-Dec
Papers relating to the Zaghawah tribe, mostly typescript copies of reports by E.G. Sarsfield-Hall entitled “The Case of Dar Kabja”, “Report by E.G. Sarsfield-Hall, Bey, on the Northern Boundary with the French”, 21-4-17; “The Boundary running through Bedayat country and the desert region adjoining it”, with photocopy of a memorandum by R.V. Savile to [C.A. Willis Bey], Assistant Director of Intelligence, 1 Dec 1917, on the north western boundary
SAD.65/6/120-128
[1930s-1940s]
Extracts from original documents, mostly lists of tribal leaders of sub-groups of the Zaghawah
SAD.65/6/129
1930-1936
Herd tax statistics, 1930–1936
SAD.65/6/130
1941
Table showing Northern Darfur District tribute for 1941
SAD.65/6/131
1946
Extract from an annual report on Darfur frontiers with French Equatorial Africa
SAD.65/6/132-185
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Zaghawah tribe, from various sources
(ix) Bani Husain
SAD.65/7/2-3
1924
Copy of tribal record for the Bani Husain
SAD.65/7/4
1929
Genealogy of the Bani Husain from L.F. Nalder's Funj Province notes
SAD.65/7/5-14
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by A. Baring on the Bani Husain, taken from various sources
(x) Kababish
SAD.65/7/16-21
1909 Mar 30
Appendices B and C from Sudan Intelligence Report (174-185): “Notes on the ethnology of the Kababish Tribe” by H.A. MacMichael and “Notes on the Western Kordofan Dinka” by C.A. Willis
SAD.65/7/22
1922 Mar
Typescript extract from “DPMD” relating to a tribal agreement between the Meidob and Kababish of Kordofan
SAD.65/7/23-34
1926 Oct 29-Nov 19
Report by G.D. Lampen, A.D.C. Northern Darfur District on a tribal dispute between the Kababish and Meidob, with copy agreement between the two tribes and related letters from R.A. Bence-Pembroke, Governor Darfur, to H.A. MacMichael and to E.G. Sarsfield Hall, Governor Kordofan, and from MacMichael to the two province governors
(xi) Bani Gerrar
SAD.65/7/35-39
1926 Dec 9
Notes from Izz al-Din Mukhtar, Sub-Mamur Dueim, on the Bani Gerrar
(xii) Humr
SAD.65/7/41-42
1913 Apr 1
Report by Bimbashi C.C. Marshall, Inspector Talodi, on the Humr Fellata at Lake Abiad
SAD.65/7/43-52
1913 Feb/Mar
Report by R.A. Bence Pembroke of a tour in Dar Humr
SAD.65/7/53-59
[1910s]
Reports by R. Davies on elephant and giraffe hunting by the Humr tribe in south west Kordofan; and totemism in the Humr tribe
SAD.65/7/60-71
[1910s]
Handwritten notes on Humr laws and customs
(xiii) Baqqarah
SAD.65/7/72
[1930s]
Southern Darfur District Baqqarah tribal tree taken from the Southern Darfur District Handbook
SAD.65/7/73-91
1932
Typescript copy of report by G.D. Lampen, entitled “The Baggara tribes of Darfur”
(xiv) Habbaniya
SAD.65/7/93
[1920s]
List of nazirs and boundaries of the Habbaniya
SAD.65/7/94
1921 Apr 8
Extract from a letter from T. McNeill to R.V. Savile, Governor of Darfur, on the Aulad Saud (a sub-group of the Habbaniya)
SAD.65/7/95-104
[1965-1968]
Notes by Baring from various sources on the Habbaniya
(xv) Ta'aisha
SAD.65/7/106
1928 May 25
Note by C.G. Dupuis, entitled “Note on conversation with Nazir Ali Senusi”,
SAD.65/7/107-113
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Ta'aisha
(xvi) Dar Hamid
SAD.65/7/114-116
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on Dar Hamid
(xvii) Aulad Hamid
SAD.65/7/118
[1920s-1930s]
Extract from an original document listing shaykhs of the Aulad Hamid
SAD.65/7/119-120
[1920s-1930s]
Two notes on the Aulad Hamid
SAD.65/7/121
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Aulad Hamid
(xviii) Bani Kuzam
SAD.65/7/123
1921 Apr 8
Extract from a letter from T. McNeill to R.V. Savile on the Bani Kuzam
SAD.65/7/124-126
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Bani Kuzam from various sources
(xix) Bani Fadl
SAD.65/7/127-128
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Bani Fadl
(xx) Umm Jalul
SAD.65/7/130
[1930s]
Typescript copy from an original document listing the various sections of the Umm Jalul Arabs
SAD.65/7/131-142
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Umm Jalul
(xxi) Zayadia
SAD.65/7/144-151
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Zayadia
(xxii) Tergam
SAD.65/7/153
1919 Feb 12
Typescript copy of an original document by T. McNeill on the various sections of the Tergam
SAD.65/7/154-160
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on Arab groups
(xxiii) Mahada
SAD.65/7/161-163
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Mahada
(xxiv) Fur
SAD.65/8/1
1919 Feb 12
Typescript copy of an original document by T. McNeill on the various sections of the Fur
SAD.65/8/2-4
[1930s]
Typescript extracts from the Southern Darfur District Handbook
SAD.65/8/5-6
[ca. 1935-1940]
Note by J.E.H. Boustead, DC Western Darfur, on Fur village life
SAD.65/8/7-10
[ca. 1950-1955]
Typescript copy of handing-over notes from Western Darfur District by `Ali Abd Allah Abu Sinn
SAD.65/8/11-14
[ca. 1927-1930]
Note by E.H. Macintosh, DC Nyala and E.D.M. Batty, DC Zalingei on the old boundary between Dima and Wanna (Dima to West)
SAD.65/8/15
[1930s]
Note by Haroun Khatir, Western Dimlig Furgoro, on incursions by the Dago
SAD.65/8/16
1930 Dec 21
Letter from E.D.M. Batty, DC Zalingei to C.G. Dupuis, Governor Darfur, on the creation of a second Demlogia in the Kas-Fur
SAD.65/8/17
1931 Dec 21
Letter from E.D.M. Batty to G.D. Lampen, regarding surveillance of the Saada Arabs living within Zalingei borders
SAD.65/8/18
1934 Apr 18
Synopsis by W.F. Crawford of agreement regarding Furs in Dar Bani Halba and Dar Ta'aisha
SAD.65/8/19-20
[ca. 1923-1925]
Route report by P. Munro, Governor Darfur, on “The Zalingei-Nyala boundary, Kubbum to Jebel Marra section”
SAD.65/8/21
1936 Mar 2
Incomplete notes on a meeting with the Resident Zalingei at Kubbum to discuss Emirate Furs living in Southern Darfur District
SAD.65/8/22-24
1936 May 25
Letter from J.E.H. Boustead, DC Western Darfur District to P. Ingleson, Governor Darfur, concerning the history of the Fur movements on the Eastern Zalingei border
SAD.65/8/25
1937 Feb 13
Extract from a letter from J.E.H. Boustead on the Zalingei boundary
SAD.65/8/26-82
1938 Oct 1-Nov 1
Articles by A.C. Beaton entitled “Some Fur place names”; “Youth organisation among the Fur”; “Fur and Bari rain cults – a comparison”; and “Some Fur rain ceremonies”
SAD.65/8/83-149
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Fur and other Darfur tribes, from various sources
(xxv) Meidob
SAD.65/8/150
1911 Feb
Appendix B from a Sudan Intelligence Report: note by H.A. MacMichael on the Meidob
SAD.65/8/151
[ca. 1910s]
Extract from document listing heads of sections of the Meidob
SAD.65/8/152-153
1915 Nov 1
Extracts from a report by H.A. MacMichael on the Meidob
SAD.65/8/154-173
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on the Meidob
(xxvi) Berti
SAD.65/8/175
[ca. 1920s]
Extract from an original document showing the sections & `umdahs of the Berti
SAD.65/8/176
1921
Sudan Intelligence Department tribal record on the Berti
SAD.65/8/177-180
1932 May 22
Letters from G.M. Moore, DC Central and Eastern Darfur Districts, to C.G. Dupuis, Governor Darfur and Dupuis to H. Owen, Chief Justice, concerning a tribal court case over drinking rights
SAD.65/8/181-182
[1930s]
Note by [J.G.M - possibly J.G.S. Macphail] on the Berti tribe
SAD.65/8/183-252
1961 Jul 5
Typescript copies of reports by Dr Ladislav Holy: “The Berti of Northern Darfur”; “Social consequences of dia among the Berti”; “The position of the sheikh in the administrative-political system of the Berti”; and “Residence rules among the Berti”
SAD.65/8/253-265
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by A. Baring on the Berti tribe from various sources
(xxvii) Rizayqat
SAD.65/9/1-2
1908 May
Appendix G from Sudan Intelligence Report: “Report on quarrel between Rizeigat Arabs and Lolle River Dinkas” by R.V. Savile, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal Province
SAD.65/9/3
[1910s]
Note entitled “This is the relation of Hamid Yacoub”
SAD.65/9/4-30
1915 Oct 1
Report by J.R.R. Bassett, Senior Inspector Kordofan Province, entitled “Report on mission to Shaykh Musa Madibbo”, with covering letter from Bassett to R.V. Savile, Governor Kordofan
SAD.65/9/31-40
1915 Nov 7
Extracts from a report by H.A. MacMichael, in continuation of a telegram regarding Ogeil's visit to Dar Rizayqat, with attached copy of handwritten telegram, copy of letter from Shaykh Ibrahim Musa Madibbu, nazir of the Rizayqat, to R.V. Savile, and English translations of three letters from Sultan `Ali Dinar to Madibbu
SAD.65/9/41
1915 Nov 13
Draft letter from R.V. Savile to Shaykh Musa Madibbu concerning J.R. Bassett's report on his visit to El Odaiya
SAD.65/9/42-46
1915 Nov 19
Handwritten and typescript reports by [?] on Ali Dinar's campaign against the Rizayqat
SAD.65/9/47-57
1917 May 28
Report by R.V. Savile, Governor Darfur, of a tour in Dar Rizayqat, Dar Habbania, and to Nyala, Zalingei & Kebkabiya, April & May 1917
SAD.65/9/58-60
1917 Oct 23
Letter from R.V. Savile to C.A. Willis, Assistant Director of Intelligence, on the Rizayqat nazirship
SAD.65/9/61-64
[1920s]
Extracts from two reports on the Rizayqat from file Y462-4-7
SAD.65/9/65
[1920s]
Extract from a note on Nazir Madibbu wad `Ali of the Rizayqat
SAD.65/9/66-67
[1920s]
Two genealogical trees of the Rizayqat
SAD.65/9/68-71
1921 Apr 8
Letter from T. McNeill, Inspector Southern Darfur, to R.V. Savile on his tour of Dar Rizayqat
SAD.65/9/72
1922 Jan 30
Personality report on Ibrahim Musa Madibbu, nazir
SAD.65/9/73
1926 Jul 24
Note by E.G. Evans, ADC Northern Darfur District, entitled “Relations between Northern Rizeigat and tribes of Northern Darfur”, with a forwarding comment by Evans to R.A. Bence-Pembroke, Governor Darfur
SAD.65/9/74-111,128-132
1926 May 15-1946 May 27
Correspondence concerning Dinka-Rizaigat skirmishes on the Bahr al-Arab, from R.A. Bence-Pembroke, Governor Darfur, M.J. Wheatley, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal, C.G. Dupuis, Governor Darfur, G.D. Lampen, ADC Baqqarah, J.M. Stubbs, ADC Northern Darfur District, Nazir Mahmud Musa, D. Newbold, Governor Kordofan, B.G.C. Brock, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal, R.T. Johnston, ADC Northern Darfur District, B.V. Marwood, Governor Equatoria and G.D. Lampen, Governor Darfur. Enclosure:
SAD.65/9/80-94
1930 Apr 17
Report by J.M. Stubbs, ADC Northern Darfur District, of the Dinka-Arab skirmish on the Bahr al-Arab, with covering letter from Stubbs
SAD.65/9/112-120
1935 Mar 29
Minutes of a meeting at Safaha for the purpose of improving relations between the Rizayqat and Malwal Dinka districts, with copy of the Munro-Wheatley Agreement on the Rizayqat - Dinka (Malwal), incorrectly dated 22 April 1934 (correct date is 1924) (SAD.65/9/119-120)
SAD.65/9/121
1934 Apr
Extract from Bahr al-Ghazal Province diary on inter-province affairs
SAD.65/9/122-123
1935 Apr 1
Notes by E.H. Nightingale, ADC Southern Darfur District, on Rizayqat grazing on the Bahr al-Arab
SAD.65/9/124-126
1935 Nov 7
Note by E.H. Nightingale, DC Southern Darfur, on the Governor of Equatoria's memorandum to the Civil Secretary regarding Dinka objections to the Munro-Wheatley agreement
SAD.65/9/127
1945 May 15
Extracts from Bahr al-Ghazal province diary for March 1945on inter-tribal relations in Western and Aweil districts
SAD.65/9/133-154
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on the Rizayqat from various sources
(xxviii) Batahin/Shukriyah
SAD.66/1/2-16
1923 May 3
Note by A.E. [Robinson?] entitled “Historical note on the Batahin and Shukria feuds”
(xxix) Hassaniyah Husseinat
SAD.66/1/18-34
1926 Aug 3-1928 Jan 14
Papers relating to the Hassaniyah Husseinat tribe, comprising notes by A.G. Pawson, Acting Governor, White Nile Province, Muhammad al-Fadl Ibrahim, Ma'mur Getenia, J.W. Robertson, ADC Geteina and J.A. Reid, concerning the customs, organisation and history of the Hassaniyah Husseinat
(xxx) Hawazma
SAD.66/1/36-38
[1920s]
Note entitled the “Hawazma Abdel Ali & tribes living among them”, author unknown
(xxxi) Kanana
SAD.66/1/40-43
1928
Draft notes on the Kanana tribe in Dilling District
SAD.66/1/44-47
1928
Typescript and handwritten genealogies of Kanana nomads
SAD.66/1/48-54
1928
Report on the Kanana
(xxxii) Deghaym
SAD.66/1/55
1928
Note on “The Deghaym Tribe”
(xxiii) Bahr al-Ghazal tribes
SAD.66/1/56
1908 Oct
Extract from a Sudan Intelligence Report of 1908: Report by Bimbashi Percival, Inspector Western Bahr al-Ghazal, on the “French Congo and Banda Tribes of Dar Banda”, “The French and the Sultan of Wadai” and “Sultan Mohammed Bakhit of Dar Sila and Fellata pilgrims (Kafiakingi)”
SAD.66/1/57-67
[1912]
Extract from Bulletin du Comité de l'Afrique Française on the Fertit
SAD.66/1/68-71
1929 Apr
Copy letter from G.D. Lampen, A.D.C. Baqqarah, to C.G. Dupuis, Governor Darfur, reporting on the Mandala The quality of this copy is very poor
SAD.66/1/72-75
[1920s]
Report on the Southern Magdumate
SAD.66/1/76-148
1933 Apr 23-1937 Feb 5
Papers relating to the transfer of the Mandala, Binga and Kara tribes from the Bahr al-Ghazal to Darfur, comprising:
SAD.66/1/76-83
1933 Apr 23
Note by W.F. Crawford, DC Southern Darfur District on the settlement of the Awlad Arab, with covering letter from Crawford to C.G. Dupuis, Governor Darfur
SAD.66/1/84-87
1933 May 5
Note by C.G. Dupuis, Governor of Darfur, on the history of the Mandala transfer, with covering letter from Dupuis to Major R.G.C. Brock, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.66/1/88-90
1933 Jun 19
Letter from B.G.C. Brock, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal, to M.F.A. Keen, DC Western District on the Bandala of Darfur Province
SAD.66/1/91-99
1934 Apr 8-May 8
Note on the Binga and Kara on the Bahr al-Ghazal by E.H. Nightingale, with historical note on the Kara, covering letters from W.F. Crawford to C.G. Dupuis and note by Dupuis on the Binga settlements in s.w. Darfur
SAD.66/1/100-105
1935 Jan 10-Feb 13
Letter from P. Ingleson, Governor Bahr al-Ghazal to J.A. Gillan, Civil Secretary, on his tour of the Western District, with reply from C.G. Dupuis
SAD.66/1/106-108
1935 Mar 28
Note of agreement made between P. Ingleson and C.G. Dupuis on the reorganization of the Western District, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.66/1/109-110
1935 Apr 25
Note by E.H. Nightingale, ADC Baqqarah, of decisions taken at a meeting at Radom to discuss the Binga and Kara
SAD.66/1/111-116
1935 May 7-1936 Apr 25
Letters from E.H. Nightingale and W.F. Crawford to the Governor Darfur on the move of the Binga and Kara
SAD.66/1/117-119
1936 Jun 15
Letters from D.J. Bethell to W.F. Crawford, with reply, concerning the transfer of the Binga and Kara tribes to Darfur
SAD.66/1/120-130
1936 Jun 15-Nov 30
Letters between the Governors of Darfur and the Bahr al-Ghazal on the proposed evacuation of the Binga and Kara
SAD.66/1/131-133
1936 Dec 5
Completed questionnaire by E.H. Nightingale, with covering letter from Nightingale to P. Ingleson, on the arrangements necessary for the transfer of the Binga and Kara tribes to Darfur
SAD.66/1/134-146
1936 Dec 10-1937 Jan 1
Resumé by P. Ingleson of action taken concerning the Binga and Kara, with related letters between Ingleson and M.W. Parr, Governor Equatorial Province
SAD.66/1/147-148
1937 Feb 5
Typescript copy of M.W. Parr, Governor Equatorial Province to J. A. Gillan, Civil Secretary, on the Governor-General's ruling relating to the conduct of staff towards the Binga and Kara transfer, with covering letter from P. Ingleson to G.B. Crole, D.C. Southern Darfur District
SAD.66/1/171-175
1937 Feb 10
Note by A.C. Beaton, ADC Western Darfur District, on the history of Fongoro
SAD.66/1/176
1937 Feb
Note on “The problem of Ferkany in the light of Mr. Beaton's investigations”
SAD.66/1/177-178
1939 Oct 16
Letter from P. Ingleson, Governor Darfur, to the Civil Secretary on the border between Darfur and Equatoria provinces
SAD.66/1/179-180
[1930s]
Note on a meeting at Abu Salaa to discuss the transfer of Mandala and others from Western District Bahr al-Ghazal to Baqqarah Sub-District
SAD.66/1/181-232
1940 Jan 2-1946 Nov 26
Papers relating to boundary demarcations and disputes affecting the Kafia Kinga area, comprising letters chiefly between the governors of Equatoria and Darfur provinces, and J.A. Gillan, Civil Secretary and the following notes and reports:
SAD.66/1/183-185
1940 Mar 17
Report by D.M.P. Evans, ADC Western District Equatoria on a meeting at Sefaha to discuss the Mandala, the patrol area and the grazing boundary as laid down in the Munro-Wheatley agreement
SAD.66/1/189-190
1940 Apr 18-22
Notes by E.H. Nightingale, DC Western District, Equatoria on Rizayqat grazing and hunting in Western District and Mandala in Western District
SAD.66/1/191-193
1940 Nov 25
Note by P. Ingleson, Governor of Darfur, on the grazing and hunting boundary for Darfur tribes, with covering letter from Ingleson to D. Newbold, Civil Secretary
SAD.66/1/211-212
1944 Apr 7
Note by G.D. Lampen on boundaries with Equatoria, western area
SAD.66/1/215-219
1933 Apr 23-1946 Jun 12
Extract from a report on the Awlad Arab and Mandala, with letters from G.K. Maurice and J.E. Kennett to Governor Darfur, all enclosed in a letter from G.D. Lampen to B.V. Marwood, Governor Equatoria concerning the effects of the 'fly' disease on cattle in Kafia Kinga
SAD.66/1/224-227
1946 Jul 27
Note by G.D. Lampen on relations between Southern District, Darfur and Western District, Equatoria
SAD.66/1/149-151
1946
Resumé of events relating to the Kafia Kingi area, 1924-1946
SAD.66/1/152-170
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring from various sources on tribes in the Bahr al-Ghazal
(xxiv) White Nile tribes
SAD.66/1/234-267
1926 Aug 11-1935
Papers relating to tribes from the White Nile Province, including note by A.G. Pawson, Acting Governor White Nile Province on on the administration of the Seleim, Ahamda and Dar Muharib tribes of Southern District (SAD.66/1/234-235); note by J.A. Reid on Seleim and Dar Muharib (SAD.66/1/236-237); memorandum from Pawson to A.J. Arkell, D.C. Southern District, White Nile Province, on the Seleim “Agawid” (SAD.66/1/238); note by Muhammad Salih al-Shingeiti, entitled “Some notes on the Seleim tribe” (SAD.66/1/239-245); report by R. Davies, Intelligence Department concerning the political affiliations of the Aulad Hamaid and the Seleim (SAD.66/1/246); note, probably by J.A. Reid, Deputy Governor White Nile Province, entitled “Additional notes on the Seleim tribe” (SAD.66/1/247-251); extract from Kirar Muhammad Bashir's report forwarded to the Director of Intelligence, entitled “Southern District, White Nile Province: Dar al-Gimma, Ahmada, Seleim, and Muharib” (SAD.66/1/252-255); note by A. Paul, ADC Shendi, on the Seleim (SAD.66/1/256-263); and note [by A. Paul] on the Upper Nile boundary (SAD.66/1/264-267)
(xxxv) Papers, including tribal papers, relating to Darfur
SAD.66/2/1-22
1917-1965
Statistics relating to Darfur, including:
SAD.66/2/1-17
1917-1965
Climatological notes for El Fasher, El Geneina, Kutum, Nyala and Zalingei, 1931-1960; as well as annual rainfall totals and averages for various stations, 1917-1965
SAD.66/2/18-20
1932-1934
Handwritten notes by Baring on tobacco crop sources, by omodia
SAD.66/2/21-22
1936-1945
Handwritten notes by Baring on transport rates between El Obeid and Fasher for 1936-45, from Province Monthly Diary, Darfur
SAD.66/2/23-41
1901 Dec-1919 May 10
Papers relating to boundary questions in Darfur, including:
SAD.66/2/23-28
1901 Dec
Extracts from Sudan Intelligence Report, 90-91
SAD.66/2/29-35
1916 Oct 24
Photocopy of letter from H.A. MacMichael, Political Officer, Western Frontier Force, to General Sir F.R. Wingate, Governor-General, on the Darfur-Wadai Boundary
SAD.66/2/36-41
1918 Dec 17-1919 May 10
Letter from Lt. Col Martelly, Chad, to R.V. Savile, Governor Darfur, with reply from Savile concerning migrations between Chad and Darfur
SAD.66/2/42-106; SAD.66/3/1-114
1931-1951
Extracts from Darfur Province trade reports; and handwritten notes on trade figures and prices taken from Province Monthly Dairies, Darfur
SAD.66/3/115-140
1941
Annual reports for Southern Darfur District; El Fasher; Zalingei; and Northern Darfur District
SAD.66/3/140-166
1941 Jan-Dec
Incomplete copies of Darfur Province Monthly Diaries
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.66/3/167-179
[1960s]
Classification of tribes of the Sudan in “racial” groups
SAD.66/4/1-126
[1965-1968]
Handwritten notes by Baring on files in the Central Records Office. Khartoum, mostly concerning Darfur
2. Papers relating to Ethiopia
SAD.66/6/1-58
[1960s]
Small red notebook containing Baring's miscellaneous notes on Ethiopia
SAD.66/7/1-29
[1960s]
Photocopies of Ethiopian government documents
Language: Amharic
3. Draft Articles and Publications
(a) Articles
SAD.66/8/1-29
[1960s]
Draft article by G. Rodger, entitled “The Nubas of Kordofan”
SAD.66/8/30-48
[1960s]
Draft translation by Markos Yallak Yobeeh of Mark's Gospel into the Afar language
SAD.66/8/49-55
[1960s]
Draft article by Baring entitled “The vanishing Nuba” [possibly for inclusion in his book]
SAD.66/8/56-63
[1960s]
Translation [possibly by Baring] of Chapter 5 of a Na'um Shuqayr work
SAD.66/8/64-70
1964/65
Article by Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad, General Secretary of the Khartoum University Students' Union Law Society, entitled “A report about customary law in Darfur Province”
SAD.66/8/71-79
1966 Apr
Paper by G.C. Savard, entitled “Cross-cousin marriage among the patrilineal Afar”, for presentation at the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa and later published in Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa (Addis Ababa, 1969)
SAD.66/8/80-96
1967 Jun
Draft article by B. Chatterjee, entitled “Afars of the Upper Awash Valley in Ethiopia”, later published in Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa (Addis Ababa, 1969)
(b) Publications
SAD.66/9/1-84; SAD.67/1/1-134; SAD.67/2/1-152; SAD.67/3/1-75
[1960s]
Typescript copies of sections of Baring's text for a projected book with Leni Riefenstahl on the Nuba, (text by Baring and photographs by Riefenstahl). The photographs and captions are in file SAD.67/2/1-152. Enclosure:
SAD.66/9/52-64
[1960s]
Draft article by Paul Heelas on the Nuba of Kordofan
SAD.67/4/1-155; SAD.67/5/1-108
[1960s]
“Historical notes on Darfur” by `Ali `Abdallah Abu Sinn, Governor of Darfur 1955-1958; mimeographed copy of book
Language: Arabic
SAD.67/6/1-63
[1960s]
“Historical Notes on Darfur” by `Ali `Abdallah Abu Sinn (handwritten translation into English)
4. Photographic Material
For further photographs see projected publication by Baring and Leni Riefenstahl in section 3(b) above
SAD.329/5/1
[1930s]
Photograph of a Jur woman of the Bahr al-Ghazal, featuring elongated lips. Photograph by Photographic Publications Ltd of London
5. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.67/7/1-34
1969 Jan 30-1991
Newspaper cuttings relating to Ethiopia, including The Times concerning the progress of the country, 1969 (SAD.67/7/1-2); Africa Magazine, concerning the new People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia constitution, 1986 (SAD.67/7/3); Sunday Telegraph and the Economist on the Somali-Ethiopian war, 1988 (SAD.67/7/4-8,15); Independent on the mystery of Ethiopia's giant obelisks, 1988 (SAD.67/7/9); Independent, Sunday Telegraph, The Times regarding the rebellion against the Marxist government in Ethiopia, 1989 (SAD.67/7/10-13,16-18); Daily Telegraph on the liberalisation of the Marxist economy in Ethiopia, 1989 (SAD.67/7/14); Independent and the Economist on the new government in Ethiopia, 1991 (SAD.67/7/19-22); Independent concerning the fate of Mengistu's former soldiers, 1991 (SAD.67/7/23-26); Independent on the migration of Ethiopians to Israel, 1991 (SAD.67/7/27-30); Telegraph Weekend Magazine concerning the Borana people (SAD.67/7/31-34)
SAD.67/8/1-74
[1934]-[1990s]
Newspaper cuttings relating to Sudan, including review of Sir Harold MacMichael, The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (London, 1934) (SAD.67/8/1-2); The Sunday Times Magazine regarding the destruction of Nubia by the Aswan Dam, 1964 (SAD.67/8/3-14); The Guardian concerning peace in the Southern Sudan, 1967 (SAD.67/8/15); The Spectator on Leni Riefensthal's book : Die Nuba: Menschen wie von einem anderen Stern (Munich, 1972) (SAD.67/8/17-28); Africa Magazine, The Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and The Economist on the civil war in the Sudan, 1986-1989 (SAD.67/8/29,31,37-39,42,44,57-61,67,69); The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Telegraph, The Economist, Independent and Financial Times concerning famine and floods in the Sudan, 1989 (SAD.67/8/30,40-41,43,45-46,51-52,68,70-73); Independent regarding a loan by the Midland Bank for Sudanese development, 1988-1989 (SAD.67/8/32); Independent concerning food riots in Khartoum, 1988 (SAD.67/8/33-34); Economist, Independent, Financial Times, The Times concerning Omar al-Bashir's coup, 1989 (SAD.67/8/35,36,48-50,53-56);Sunday Telegraph regarding man-eating hyenas in Southern Sudan, 1989 (SAD.67/8/47); Economist on slavery, 1990 (SAD.67/8/66); and obituary for John Owen from The Times (SAD.67/8/74)
6. Maps
SAD.PF 28/1/2-3
1960
Ethnographic map of Africa in two parts
scale:   1:8,000,000
Size: 104 x 111 cm
Language: Russian
SAD.PF 28/1/1
[1960s]
Carte des Populations de l'Afrique Noire, Centre de Hautes Études, Paris
scale:   1:5,000,000
Size: 109 x 75 cm
Language: French
7. Miscellanea
SAD.67/9/1
[1960s]
Letter from Negash Legasse to Baring concerning his school examinations
SAD.67/9/2-33
[1960s]
Arabic exercises
Language: Arabic
Printed material
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