Simpson, Stanhope Rowton
Introduction
Stanhope Rowton Simpson
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Ordinances
(b) Files relating to the Legal Department and Land Registry
2. Memoirs
3. Articles, Speeches (drafts)
4. Historical Material
(a) 1903-1936, Kordofan
(b) 1904-1935, Berber / Northern Province
(c) 1906, Red Sea Province
(d) 1909-1935, Sennar / Blue Nile Province
(e) 1911-1929, Kassala Province
(f) 1911, Bahr al-Ghazal Province
(g) 1916-1939, Sudan, general
(h) 1913-1931, Outside the Sudan
5. Photographic Material
(a) Mounted Photographs
(b) Loose Photographs
6. Plans
7. Printed Material
Printed material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Simpson, Stanhope Rowton
Dates of creation: 1899-1984
Extent: 3.5 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Simpson, Stanhope Rowton
Language: English

Stanhope Rowton Simpson

(1903 - 1999)

1926 Assistant District Commissioner, Blue Nile Province
1927-1928 Assistant District Commissioner, Central District, Kordofan
1929-1932 Assistant District Commissioner, Western District, Bahr al-Ghazal
1932-1933 Assistant District Commssioner, Central / Southern District, Berber Province
1934-1936 Assistant District Commissioner / District Commissioner, Opari - Kajo Kaji District, Mongalla / Equatoria
1936-1943 District Commissioner, Khartoum North
1943-1945 Deputy Assistant Legal Secretary, Wad Medani and from 1944 Khartoum Legal Department
1945-1953 Commissioner of Lands and Registrar General


Arrangement

1. Official papers
This section of Simpson's papers reflects his work in the Legal Department and Land Registry rather than his early career as A.D.C. and D.C. in various provinces
2. Memoirs
3. Articles, Speeches (drafts)
4. Historical Material
This section contains files relating to land settlement and custom, 1903-1940
(a) 1903-1936, Kordofan
(b) 1904-1935, Berber / Northern Province
(c) 1906, Red Sea Province
(d) 1909-1935, Sennar / Blue Nile Province
(e) 1911-1929, Kassala Province
(f) 1911, Bahr al-Ghazal Province
(g) 1916-1939, Sudan, general
(h) 1913-1931, Outside the Sudan
5. Photographic Material
(a) Mounted Photographs
(b) Loose Photographs
6. Plans
7. Printed Material
(a) In Archive
(b) In Library

Accession details

Presented by Simpson, 1969-1997 and by Mrs L. Poulter, 1999

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Ordinances
SAD.627/12/1-44
1899-1932
Copies of Ordinances, proclamations, etc. on land law in the Sudan. Compiled at S.R.Simpson's [S.R.S.] request when he took up his post in 1945.
SAD.627/12/1-2
Anglo Egyptian Conventions of 1899
SAD.627/12/3-5
Khartum, Berber and Dongola Lands Ordinance, 1899
SAD.627/12/6-8
Title of Lands Ordinance, 1899
SAD.627/12/9
Ordinance for regulating the land tax and date tax
SAD.627/12/10
Proclamation under Civil Justice Ordinance, 1903
SAD.627/12/12
Proclamation of 1 Jul 1905 re the sale of native land
SAD.627/12/13-18
Land Settlement Ordinance, 1905
SAD.627/12/19
Order appointing H. St. G. Peacock to effect land settlement in Blue Nile Province
SAD.627/12/20-21
Notice of sale of bugr land in Khartoum Province
SAD.627/12/22-27
Deeds Registration Ordinance, 1907
SAD.627/12/28-30
Deeds Registration Ordinance, 1908
SAD.627/12/31
Hillet Hamid (Khartoum North) Village Lands Ordinance, 1910
SAD.627/12/32-33
Khartoum City Survey Ordinance, 1913
SAD.627/12/34-35
Deeds Registration Ordinance, 1920
SAD.627/12/36-38
Explanatory notes regarding the Land Settlement and Registration Ordinance, 1925
SAD.627/12/39-43
Prescription and Limitation Ordinance, 1928
SAD.627/12/44
Native Courts Ordinance, 1932
SAD.627/13/16-27
[ca. 1947]
Draft copy of the Town Replanning and Improvement bill
SAD.720/2/22-33
1953 Feb 15
Copy of the Town Planning Bill together with the town planning regulations, model local orders and the Town Planning Ordinance 1950 (Amendment no. 1 ordinance)
SAD.720/3/3-7
1957
Copy of the Town Planning Regulation, 1957
SAD.720/3/8-20
1961
Copy of the Town and Village Planning Act, 1961 from Legislative supplement to the Republic of the Sudan gazette no. 962
(b) Files relating to the Legal Department and Land Registry
SAD.627/14/1-41
1944 Dec 5 - 1952 Mar 23
Official correspondence including J.W. Hewison and S.R.S. re the requisition of private land for pumping schemes in Northern Province (627/14/3-4); S.R.S. and G.C. Scott re the construction of residential accommodation at Gordon Memorial College (627/14/5-9); S.R.S. to Governor, Khartoum Province urging the development of land around Khartoum (627/13/ 11-13); S.R.S. to G.E.R. Sandars re the planting of trees in market areas (627/14/18-19); S.R.S. re the demand for a football ground at Omdurman (627/14/21); S.R.S. and J.L. Willoughby re access to Khartoum Central Railway Station (627/14/32-33); and S.R.S. re the registration of riverain land (627/14/36-38)
Digitised material for Official correspondence, 1944-1952 - SAD.627/14/1-41
SAD.627/15/1-22
1943 - 1954
Extracts from legal cases
SAD.627/15/23-28
1944 Oct 11
Notes on Damer Land Registry by Najib `Abd Allah, Assistant Registrar of Lands, Northern Province
SAD.627/15/29-64
1946 Jul 9 - 1947 Dec
Note on riverain land and registration by S.R.S. with explanatory note and comments by T.P. Creed and J. Madden
SAD.627/16/1-4
1946 Nov 25
Minutes of Khartoum town planning sub- committee meeting to discuss applications for building plots by the P.W.D.
SAD.627/16/5-15
1946 Nov 28
Note by S.R.S. on lands policy, with related correspondence
SAD.627/16/16
[ca. 1946]
Instructions on completion of application for a saqiyah
SAD.627/16/17
[ca. 1946]
Note on road widths and building lines
SAD.627/16/18-26
1947 Jan 8
Comments on the Registrar General's note on land registration in Northern Province, by C.B. Metcalfe, Inspector of Agriculture, Merowe
SAD.627/16/27-34
1947 Jan 25-27
Minutes of a meeting at the Land Registry, Khartoum of Province Assistant Registrars of Lands, with related note by T.P. Creed
SAD.627/16/35-64
1947 Nov 11 - 1952 Dec 14
Commissioner of Land's circular letters to Province Governors covering the New Town Lands Scheme, 1947, estate and development plans, principles of compensation in town planning, town premium reserve fund, the Town Replanning Ordinance 1950 and essential works charges
SAD.627/16/65-71
[ca. 1947]
Memorandum on the aims and scope of the proposed Town Lands Scheme
SAD.719/6/1 192
1947 - 1955
Papers concerning the Town Lands Scheme, 1947 including:
SAD.719/6/1-52
Copy of the scheme, with annexes
SAD.719/6/53-124,169-192
Amendments
SAD.719/6/125-160
Schedule of towns and villages to which the Town Lands Scheme was applied with special appendices for individual towns
SAD.719/6/161-168
Circular letters concerning allotment of land to councils
SAD.719/7/1-2
1947 Jan 22
Tabular comparison between procedure in H.M. Land Registry and the Sudan Land Registry
SAD.719/7/3-7
1947 Jan
Minutes of a meeting of Land Registrars at Khartoum
SAD.719/7/8
1947 Mar 17
Note on village harams
SAD.719/7/9-17
[ca. 1948]
Note for guidance of Settlement Officer (Sortot, Timinar, Labab and Dirar Islands), by R.C. Stanley Baker, High Court Judge, Ed Damer
SAD.719/7/18-31
1949 Nov 29
Note on the Gezira Scheme, prepared by S.R.S. for the Select Committee to inquire into the future ownership of land in the N.W. extension of the Gezira Scheme, with related correspondence. (See also under 6. Printed Material for committee report)
SAD.719/7/32-35
1950 Jan 6
Note on the need for a permanent Resettlement and Settlement party, with covering letter
SAD.719/8/1-115
1946 - 1950
Notes on land settlements and tenure in the following towns:
SAD.719/8/3-9
1946 Jan 20
Kassala town
SAD.719/8/10-14
1947 Dec 22
Port Sudan, by S.R.S.
SAD.719/8/15-22
1948 Nov 2
Sinkat, by S.R.S.
SAD.719/8/23-25
1948 Nov 22
Gebeit, by S.R.S.
SAD.719/8/26-29
1948 Mar 29
Dakhla (Atbara), by S.R.S.
SAD.719/8/30-46
1947 May 30 - 1949 Apr 24
El Obeid, by S.R.S.
SAD.719/8/47-54
1948 May 9
Nyala
SAD.719/8/55-59
Geneina
SAD.719/8/60-61
1949 Jun 1
Kebkabia
SAD.719/8/62-70
Wad Medani, by D.F. Hawley (D.A.L.S.)
SAD.719/8/71-74
1949 Sep 17
Gedaref, by D.F. Hawley (Acting Commissioner of Lands)
SAD.719/8/75-86
Dueim, by D.F. Hawley
SAD.719/8/87-93
Rufa`a
SAD.719/8/94-107
1950 Mar 7
Shendi, by D.F. Hawley
SAD.719/8/108-115
Wau
SAD.719/9/1-73
1949 - 1950
Circular memoranda concerning schemes for disposal of sites for the following:
SAD.719/9/1-10
Non Government schools
SAD.719/9/11-24
Storing and selling petroleum
SAD.719/9/25-36
Cinemas
SAD.719/9/37-55
Religious purposes
SAD.719/9/56-73
Clubs
SAD.719/10/1-5
1950 Feb 13
Memorandum by D.F. Hawley on disputes concerning unregistered land
SAD.719/10/6-10
1950 Mar 6
Minutes of a Legal Department ad hoc meeting to discuss Gedaref rainlands development
SAD.719/10/11-32
1950 Mar 8
Central Town Planning Board circulars, [S.R.S., Chairman], including information on the objectives and procedures of the Board, lay out of shops, native lodging areas and residential areas
SAD.719/10/33-36
1950 Apr 28
Copy of the Equatoria Province local government orders relating to Zande District
SAD.720/1/1-61
1950 May 12
Land Registry circulars (1-28) setting out general instructions and rulings covering Land Registry work
SAD.720/2/1-2
1950 Oct
Note by S.R.S. on the future of the Land Registry and the Lands section of the Legal Department
SAD.720/2/3-12
1950
Note on the aims and provisions of the Town Replanning Ordinance, 1950
SAD.720/2/13-15
[ca. 1950]
Memorandum on principles of compensation involved in town replanning
SAD.720/2/16-17
1951 Jul 28
Note on the constitution of Forest Reserves, by J.D. [Burridge]
SAD.720/2/18-19
1952 Oct 8
Note by S.R.S. on the acquisition of land for Guneid Pump Scheme
SAD.720/2/20-21
1953 Feb 4
Note by S.R.S. on the Guneid Scheme
SAD.720/2/34
1953 Feb 22
Memorandum by S.R.S. on the Kababish, Hawawir award
SAD.720/2/35-36
[ca. 1953]
Memorandum on the distribution of hawashas in the Gezira Scheme
SAD.720/3/1-2
1954 Aug 1
Extracts from Lands' Office annual report 1953/54, by M.R. Hussein, Registrar General
SAD.720/3/21
[n.d.]
Extract from Sudan Government Gazette no 2., 27 May 1899 on Sudan laws
SAD.720/3/22-24
[n.d.]
Schedule of numbers of registered titles in the Sudan
2. Memoirs
SAD.720/4
[1976?]
“Sudan service”, the memoirs of S.R.S., covering his life in the Sudan Political Service in Blue Nile Province, Kordofan, Bahr al-Ghazal, Berber, Mongalla/Equatoria, Khartoum North and the Legal Department. Also includes a postscript on his life from 1953-1976
224 pp mimeographed text, 1 map, 79 photographs
3. Articles, Speeches (drafts)
SAD.720/5/1-3
1949 Feb 25
Copy article on “Land ownership abroad” from Country Life
SAD.720/5/4
[n.d.]
Notes for a talk by S.R.S. on the work of District Commissioners
4. Historical Material
(a) 1903-1936, Kordofan
SAD.542/1/1-7
1903 Apr 20
Report by N.T. Borton, President Kordofan Land Commission on the method of procedure adopted by the Commission
Digitised material for Report by N.T. Borton, President Kordofan Land Commission - SAD.542/1/1-7
SAD.542/3/34-41
1914 May 5
Report on rural land settlement and development in Kordofan by E.N. Corbyn, Inspector
Digitised material for Report on rural land settlement and development in Kordofan - SAD.542/3/34-41
SAD.542/1/8-20
1912 - 1913
El Obeid District Report on the settlement of El Obeid town lands by H. Bell, Judicial Inspector
Digitised material for El Obeid District Report on the settlement of El Obeid town lands - SAD.542/1/8-20
SAD.542/2,542/5,542/20
1910 - 1920
Nahud District:
SAD.542/2/1-5
1910 Aug 19
Extract from S.A. Tippetts' report on land titles
Digitised material for Nahud District: Tippetts' report on land titles - SAD.542/2/1-5
SAD.542/2/6-13
1912 Mar 16
Report on the settlement of gum gardens and the rights of Tugundi by C.A. Willis
Digitised material for Nahud District: Report on the settlement of gum gardens and the rights of Tugundi - SAD.542/2/6-13
SAD.542/5/23-26
1914 Feb 19
Report on policy adopted with regard to gum gardens in Nahud District, by B.H. Bell, Judicial Inspector
SAD.542/20/1-19
1913 - 1920
Correspondence and forms re Nahud land registration
Digitised material for Nahud land registration - SAD.542/20/1-19
SAD.542/3,542/19-20
1908 - 1936
Bara District:
SAD.542/3/1-11
1908 Jan 1
Report on the land question in Bara Markaz, by H.A. MacMichael, Deputy Inspector
Digitised material for Bara District: Report on the land question in Bara Markaz - SAD.542/3/1-11
SAD.542/3/12-34
1911 Jan 14
Report on the Kheiran (cultivable basins) by H.A. MacMichael, Inspector
Digitised material for Report on the Kheiran (cultivable basins) - SAD.542/3/12-34
SAD.542/20/5-15
1913 - 1920
Correspondence re land registration at Bara
SAD.542/19/1-18
1914 Nov 10
Rules for registration of Bara town land, by G.W. Williamson, Registrar General of Lands, and forms for Bara town land registry
SAD.542/3/43-44
SAD.542/3/45-49
1936 May 29
Note on land tenure in the Kheiran of Northern Kordofan, by L.M. Buchanan
Digitised material for Land tenure in the Kheiran of Northern Kordofan - SAD.542/3/45-49
SAD.542/4/1-17
1908 - 1910
Um Ruaba District:
SAD.542/4/1-10
SAD.542/4/11-17
1910 Aug 19
Report on Um Ruaba (Taiara) land title by S.A. Tippetts
Digitised material for Report on Um Ruaba (Taiara) land title by S.A. Tippetts - SAD.542/4/11-17
SAD.542/5/1-41
1913 - 1914
Gum gardens:
SAD.542/5/1-13
1913 Dec 31
Extract from B.H. Bell's report on the claim of Awalad Ahmad Bey Daf`Allah to land in Goz Ashgar and vicinity
SAD.542/5/14-19
1913 Apr 22
Note by E. Bonham Carter, Legal Secretary, on the settlement of title to gum gardens, with related letter from F.R. Wingate, Governor-General
SAD.542/5/20-21
1914 Feb 15
Comments by E. Bonham Carter on B.H. Bell's report above
SAD.542/5/22-25
1914 Feb 19
Report on policy adopted with regard to gum gardens in Nahud District, by B.H. Bell, Judicial Inspector
SAD.542/5/26-27
1912 Jun 10
Note by R.A. Bence Pembroke on the relation of villages and shaykhs in respect of tebeldis, gum gardens and cultivation on land within village boundaries
SAD.542/5/28-29
[n.d.]
List of gum gardens and owners, Abu Rayda
SAD.542/5/30-31
1914 Apr 5-7
Note by B.H. Bell on Goz Ashgar gum gardens, with covering letter from R.V. Savile, Governor, Kordofan
SAD.542/5/32-35
1876
Translation of title deed (hujji) to land at “Hameir Botei”, Kordofan confirmed to Hag Muhammad `Uthman Idris, by Ibrahim Muhammad al-Malik, Nazir of Hamar `Asakir
(b) 1904-1935, Berber / Northern Province
SAD.542/6/1-48
1904 Aug 5
Report on the work of Berber Land Commission by J.F. Kershaw, President of the Commission
Digitised material for Report on the work of Berber Land Commission by J.F. Kershaw - SAD.542/6/1-48
SAD.542/7/1-15
1906 Jan 28
Report on certain lands on the Atbara, by S.A. Tippetts, Settlement Officer
Digitised material for Report on certain lands on the Atbara, by S.A. Tippetts - SAD.542/7/1-15
SAD.542/7/16-27
1906 Nov 18 - 1907 Nov 24
Reports on the Karru land in Shendi by S.A. Tippetts
Digitised material for Reports on the Karru land in Shendi by S.A. Tippetts - SAD.542/7/16-27
SAD.627/11/1-5
1906 Nov 18
Copy letter from S.A. Tippetts, Settlement Officer, Berber Province, to the Acting Legal Secretary concerning Karu rights with list showing amount of Karu watered and cultivated in Shendi markaz
SAD.627/11/6-19
[ca. 1935]
Notes on the present condition of the Land Registry in the Northern Province and some suggestions for its improvement, by M.A.B. Harrison, High Court Judge, Northern Province
(c) 1906, Red Sea Province
SAD.542/8/1-19
1906 Jan 23
Report of the Suakin Land Commission by H.S.G. Peacock
Digitised material for Report of the Suakin Land Commission by H.S.G. Peacock - SAD.542/8/1-19
SAD.542/8/20-21
1906 Feb 19
Note on the registration of land outside the walls of Suakin by H.S.G. Peacock
Digitised material for Note on the registration of land outside the walls of Suakin by H.S.G. Peacock - SAD.542/8/20-21
(d) 1909-1935, Sennar / Blue Nile Province
SAD.542/9/1-45; 542/13/1-47
SAD.542/11/15-32
1911 Oct 27
Report on land tenure in Singa District by P. Munro, Settlement Officer (subsiduary to J.G. Matthew's report, 542/9/1-45)
SAD.542/12/9-24
1910 Feb 16 - May 19
Land settlement instructions by E. Bonham Carter, Legal Secretary with related correspondence between P. Munro, Settlement Officer and the Legal Secretary
SAD.542/12/25-26
1910 Apr 30
Note by P. Munro on the status of decisions of the 1902 Land Commission
SAD.542/10/20-26
1912 May 25
Report on proposed settlement of Sennar markaz land in 1912-1913, by C.G. Dupuis, Deputy Inspector
SAD.542/11/1-14; 542/14/1-19
1913 Mar 9
Report on land tenure in Sennar District by F.P. Osborne with related correspondence from E. Bonham Carter and R. Slatin (1 mss copy, 1 ts copy)
SAD.542/10/1-19
1913 Dec 17
Report on Geteina rainland settlement, 1910 12, by C.A. Ball, Settlement Officer
SAD.542/12/1-8
[ca. 1913]
Notes on land tenure by E.G. Sarsfield Hall, Settlement Officer
SAD.542/15/1-39
1915 Mar 2
Final report on land settlement operations in Sennar District, 1913-1915, by E.G. Sarsfield Hall, including also:
SAD.542/15/25-39
Settlement Officer's instructions to demarcation officers and registration officer
SAD.542/16/1-30
1915 May 28
Notes on the organisation and modus operandi of a settlement party in a rain land area, by E.G. Sarsfield-Hall, with related correspondence from E. Bonham Carter and F.R. Wingate
SAD.627/11/20-35
[ca. 1930]
Note by G.D.N. Clark on land settlement in the Northern Gezira
SAD.627/11/26-30
1933 Dec 21
Note on land ownership in Rufa`a lands on the East bank of the Blue Nile
SAD.627/11/31-34
1935 May 25
Summary of proposals for compensating dispossessed land owners at Gebel Aulia Dam
(e) 1911-1929, Kassala Province
SAD.542/17/1-11
1911 Jan
Report on land custom in Kassala, by Capt. H. Dumbell, with covering letter from A. Cameron, Governor
SAD.542/17/15-19
1911 Jan 11
Note on land customs at Tokar, by J.G. Matthew, Inspector, Suakin District
SAD.542/17/11-14
1911 Apr
Note on land customs in Gedaref and Mafaza Districts, by Capt. H. Dumbell
SAD.542/20/15-16
[ca. 1913]
Draft order for applying the Deeds Registration Ordinances 1907 and 1908 to Gedaref, with covering letter from the Registrar, Khartoum Province lands
SAD.542/17/20-36
1929 Sep 18
Note on Tokar Delta lands by F.T.C. Young, Commissioner, Nomad Administration
(f) 1911, Bahr al-Ghazal Province
SAD.542/18/1-66
[ca. 1911]
Report on Southern District, Bahr al-Ghazal Province by Capt. E.S. Jackson
Digitised material for Report on Southern District, Bahr al-Ghazal Province by Capt. E.S. Jackson - SAD.542/18/1-66
(g) 1916-1939, Sudan, general
SAD.542/22/1-19
1916 Jun 12
Note by G.W. Williamson, Registrar General of Lands, on land registration in the Sudan with some observations on the application of a system of land registration to Egypt
SAD.627/13/1-8
1922 Mar 2
Rules for the sale, lease and other disposal of Government lands and the acquisition of land by Government
SAD.627/13/9-12
1922
Rules regulating the purchase or lease of Government land and for Mineral Prospecting Licenses
SAD.627/13/13
1925 Mar 23
Note on the duties of the Registrar of Companies
SAD.627/13/14-15
1925 Dec 30
Order of the Registrar General of Lands concerning the exclusion of Um Arda Island, Khartoum Province and the Seluka lands, White Nile Province from the terms of the Land Settlement and Registration Ordinance, 1925
SAD.542/23/1-4
[1930]
Note on individual rights in tribal lands, by B.H. Bell, Acting Legal Secretary
SAD.542/23/5
1930 Nov 29
Note by I.M. Bruce Gardyne on points raised in note above (542/23/1-4)
SAD.542/23/6-10
1932 Jan 10
Note on prescription, with special reference to acquisitive prescription against Government
SAD.542/23/16
1933 Feb 1
Memorandum on the collection of rent for Government agricultural lands, by J.A. Reid, Governor, White Nile Province
SAD.542/24/1-7
1938 - 1939
List of authorities and files consulted by H.A. Evans in compiling his note on land tenure in the Sudan (not present) with an additional note by M.E.C. Pumphrey, and relevant extracts from the Sudan Monthly Record and Kordofan Monthly diary for Dec 1938
(h) 1913-1931, Outside the Sudan
SAD.542/25/1-4
[1913 Feb 11?]
Provisional Turkish law relating to the inheritance of immovable property, 3rd Rabi el Awal 1331. No 89 Dustur, vol V. (2 copies)
SAD.542/25/5-6
1921 Jun 30
Report of land acquisition at Bagdad for 1920
SAD.542/23/18-22
1931 Aug 4 - 10
Memorandum and correspondence re the report of the committee on native land tenure in the North Kavirondo Reserve (report not present)
5. Photographic Material
(a) Mounted Photographs
SAD.998/11/1-12; 328/1/1
1927
Photographs of El Obeid (on mounted sheets):
SAD.998/11/1
1927
Shops on the south side of the Mosque Square, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/2
1927
Butchers' and grocers' sheds, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/3
1927
Crowd of dignitaries at unspecified event, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/4
1927
Procession of Sudanese policemen, El Obeid, led by police band
SAD.998/11/5-6
1927
Merchants at El Obeid suq
SAD.998/11/7
1927
Sudanese band, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/8
1927
Sudanese trumpet player, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/9
1927
Sudanese women collecting [dhurah?], El Obeid
SAD.998/11/10
1927
Crowd of Sudanese men wearing jallabiyahs and turbans performing a dance, El Obeid
SAD.998/11/11
1927
The gallows at the prison, El Obeid, with prisoner drying his washing on the wooden structure
SAD.998/11/12
1927
The Ma'mur of the prison, El Obeid
SAD.328/1/1
1927
Inspection of El Obeid police
SAD.328/1/2-23
1931
Photographs of a trek to Kafia Kingi (on mounted sheets):
SAD.328/1/2
1931
Lorry crossing Irish bridge on the Raga road in the dry season. On the left is the small ferry boat used during the rains.
SAD.328/1/3
1931
Lorry stuck on the Raga road
SAD.328/1/4-5
1931
Lorry being pushed by Sudanese porters on the Raga road
SAD.328/1/6,8
1931
Sudanese inhabitants, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/7
1931
Trek party in a village in the Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/9
1931
British official, possibly S.R. Simpson?
SAD.328/1/10
1931
Sudanese woman and children filling water pots
SAD.328/1/11
1931
Sudanese women carrying large basket on her head, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/12,14
1931
River scene, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/13
1931
Sudanese men sawing planks to make a ferry boat, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/15,18
1931
Boys in ta'rifa race, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/16
1931
Lorry on Irish bridge, Bahr al-Ghazal, with wire for ferry boat in the foreground
SAD.328/1/17
1931
British official with Sudanese workers sawing planks to make a ferry boat, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/19
1931
Truck and supplies, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/20
1931
Trek lorry with Sudanese porters in trek-box
SAD.328/1/21
1931
Trek lorry on the road to Kafia Kingi
SAD.328/1/22
1931
Crashed trek lorry on the road to Kafia Kingi
SAD.328/1/23
1931
Local courthouse, Bahr al-Ghazal
SAD.328/1/24-26
1933
Photographs taken at Ed Damer (on mounted sheets):
SAD.328/1/
1933
Sailing dhahabiyah moored near Ed Damer
SAD.328/1/25
1933
Start of a camel race, Ed Damer
SAD.328/1/26
1933
Camel race crossing the railway line between Atbara and Ed Damer
SAD.328/1/27-39
1934
Photographs taken in Yei River district, Mongalla (on mounted sheets):
SAD.328/1/27
1934
House of C.H.L. Skeet, District Commissioner, Yei
SAD.328/1/28
1934
J.A. Gillan, Civil Secretary and L.F. Nalder, Governor Mongalla, with their wives on a visit to Yei
SAD.328/1/29
1934
Sudanese men planting coffee, Yei district
SAD.328/1/30
1934
Sudanese farmers ploughing the land with oxen-drawn plough, Yei district
SAD.328/1/31-32
1934
C.H.L. Skeet's dogs
SAD.328/1/33
1934
C.H.L. Skeet, District Commissioner, Yei, with pet dogs
SAD.328/1/34-35
1934
Construction of the road from Kajo Kaji to Yei
SAD.328/1/36
1934
Public Works Department bridge over Khor Kijo
SAD.328/1/37
1934
[Fola rapids?]
SAD.328/1/38
1934
Garden of British official [possibly C.H.L. Skeet]
SAD.328/1/39
1934
Landscape view, Yei district
(b) Loose Photographs
SAD.328/1/40
[ca. 1934]
Site of antiquities with colonnade of rams
SAD.328/1/41
1946
Group of four Sudan Land Registry officials on a visit to a sewage farm in Leicester with Simpson
SAD.328/1/42
1993 May 8
Simpson in old age
6. Plans
SAD.720/5/5-13[MP]
1938 - 1945
Plans showing suggested layouts of new development at Khartoum and Khartoum North
Digitised material for Suggested layout of Block IV Q West, Khartoum North (plan) - SAD.720/5/13
7. Printed Material
SAD.542/21/1-35
1899 - 1919
Sudan Government circular memoranda:
SAD.542/21/1-3
1899
Land registration, nos 5 and 8
SAD.542/21/4-7
1899
Religious Judges' instructions, no 9
Language: Arabic
SAD.542/21/8
1901
Sale of government land; employment of convict labour, nos 18 and 19
SAD.542/21/9-11
1901
Employment of Sudanese ex soldiers, nos 21 23
SAD.542/21/12-14
1901
Woods and forests, nos 24-26
SAD.542/21/15
1901
Import of trained agricultural labour, no 27
SAD.542/21/16-17
1901
Establishment of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute, no 28
SAD.542/21/18-19
1903
Annual leave of British officers and civil officials, nos 31-32
SAD.542/21/20
1903
Sale of military clothing, no 33
SAD.542/21/21
1904
Servants' contracts, no 34
SAD.542/21/22
1905
Purchase of machinery, no 35
SAD.542/21/23
1905
Rules for cattle plague, no 36
SAD.542/21/24
1905
Requisitions for stores from Cairo, no 37
SAD.542/21/25
1905
New police scheme, no 38
SAD.542/21/26
1905
“El Sudan Times”, no 39
SAD.542/21/27
1905
Regulations re houses and quarters, the property of the Sudan Government, no 40
SAD.542/21/28-29
1905
Cancellation of Sudan Government orders, nos 41-42
SAD.542/21/31
1906
Points for guidance in distinguishing tusks of male and female elephants, no 43
SAD.542/21/32
1907
The Mohammedan law courts. Relations to the Legal Department and the Provincial Government, no 44
SAD.542/21/33
1907
“Epizootic lymphangitis”, no 46
SAD.542/21/34
1908
Erkowit Hill Station arrangements, no 46
SAD.542/21/35
1919
Regulations as to Sudanese servants, no 33
SAD.720/6
1984
Simpson, S.R., Land law and registration, Book 1 (London, 1984)
Printed material
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC