1899-1932
Copies of Ordinances, proclamations, etc. on land law in the Sudan. Compiled at S.R. Simpson's request when he took up his post in 1945.

[ca. 1947]
Draft copy of the Town Replanning and Improvement bill

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) Digitised material for Town Planning Bill, with the town planning regulations, model local orders and Town Planning Ordinance 1950 (Amendment no. 1 ordinance) - SAD.720/2/22-33

1957
Copy of the Town Planning Regulation, 1957 Digitised material for Town Planning Regulation, 1957 - SAD.720/3/3-7

1961
Copy of the Town and Village Planning Act, 1961 from Legislative supplement to the Republic of the Sudan gazette no. 962 Digitised material for Town and Village Planning Act, 1961 - SAD.720/3/8-20

1944 Dec 5 - 1952 Mar 23
Official correspondence including J.W. Hewison and S.R. Simpson re the requisition of private land for pumping schemes in Northern Province (SAD.627/14/3-4); S.R. Simpson and G.C. Scott re the construction of residential accommodation at Gordon Memorial College (SAD.627/14/5-9); S.R. Simpson to Governor, Khartoum Province urging the development of land around Khartoum (SAD.627/13/ 11-13); S.R. Simpson to G.E.R. Sandars re the planting of trees in market areas (SAD.627/14/18-19); S.R. Simpson re the demand for a football ground at Omdurman (SAD.627/14/21); S.R. Simpson and J.L. Willoughby re access to Khartoum Central Railway Station (SAD.627/14/32-33); and S.R. Simpson re the registration of riverain land (SAD.627/14/36-38) Digitised material for Official correspondence, 1944-1952 - SAD.627/14/1-41

1943 - 1954
Extracts from legal cases

1944 Oct 11
Notes on Damer Land Registry by Najib `Abd Allah, Assistant Registrar of Lands, Northern Province

1946 Jul 9 - 1947 Dec
Note on riverain land and registration by S.R. Simpson with explanatory note and comments by T.P. Creed and J. Madden

1946 Nov 25
Minutes of Khartoum town planning sub- committee meeting to discuss applications for building plots by the P.W.D. Digitised material for Minutes of Khartoum town planning sub-committee meeting to discuss applications for building plots - SAD.627/16/1-4

1946 Nov 28
Note by S.R. Simpson on lands policy, with related correspondence Digitised material for Note by S.R. Simpson on lands policy - SAD.627/16/5-15

[ca. 1946]
Instructions on completion of application for a saqiyah Digitised material for Instructions on completion of application for a saqiyah - SAD.627/16/16

[ca. 1946]
Note on road widths and building lines Digitised material for Note on road widths and building lines - SAD.627/16/17

1947 Jan 8
Comments on the Registrar General's note on land registration in Northern Province, by C.B. Metcalfe, Inspector of Agriculture, Merowe Digitised material for Comments on the Registrar General's note on land registration in Northern Province - SAD.627/16/18-26

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 Digitised material for Minutes of a meeting at the Land Registry, Khartoum of Province Assistant Registrars of Lands - SAD.627/16/27-34

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 Digitised material for Commissioner of Land's circular letters to Province Governors covering the New Town Lands Scheme, 1947 - SAD.627/16/35-64

[ca. 1947]
Memorandum on the aims and scope of the proposed Town Lands Scheme Digitised material for Memorandum on the aims and scope of the proposed Town Lands Scheme - SAD.627/16/65-71

1947 - 1955
Papers concerning the Town Lands Scheme, 1947 including: Digitised material for Papers concerning the Town Lands Scheme, 1947 - SAD.719/6/1-192

1947 Jan 22
Tabular comparison between procedure in H.M. Land Registry and the Sudan Land Registry Digitised material for Tabular comparison between procedure in H.M. Land Registry and the Sudan Land Registry - SAD.719/7/1-2

1947 Jan
Minutes of a meeting of Land Registrars at Khartoum Digitised material for Catalogue of the papers of S.R. Simpson / SAD.719/7/3-7

1947 Mar 17
Note on village harams Digitised material for Note on village harams - SAD.719/7/8

[ca. 1948]
Note for guidance of Settlement Officer (Sortot, Timinar, Labab and Dirar Islands), by R.C. Stanley Baker, High Court Judge, Ed Damer Digitised material for Note for guidance of Settlement Officer (Sortot, Timinar, Labab and Dirar Islands) - SAD.719/7/9-17

1949 Nov 29
Note on the Gezira Scheme, prepared by S.R. Simpson 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) Digitised material for Note on the Gezira Scheme - SAD.719/7/18-31

1950 Jan 6
Note on the need for a permanent Resettlement and Settlement party, with covering letter Digitised material for Note on the need for a permanent Resettlement and Settlement party - SAD.719/7/32-35

1946 - 1950
Notes on land settlements and tenure in the following towns: Digitised material for Notes on land settlements and tenure in Sudan towns - SAD.719/8/1-115

1949 - 1950
Circular memoranda concerning schemes for disposal of sites for the following: Digitised material for Circular memoranda concerning schemes for disposal of sites - SAD.719/9/1-73

1950 Feb 13
Memorandum by D.F. Hawley on disputes concerning unregistered land Digitised material for Memorandum by D.F. Hawley on disputes concerning unregistered land - SAD.719/10/1-5

1950 Mar 6
Minutes of a Legal Department ad hoc meeting to discuss Gedaref rainlands development Digitised material for Minutes of a Legal Department ad hoc meeting to discuss Gedaref rainlands development - SAD.719/10/6-10

1950 Mar 8
Central Town Planning Board circulars, [S.R. Simpson, Chairman], including information on the objectives and procedures of the Board, lay out of shops, native lodging areas and residential areas Digitised material for Central Town Planning Board circulars - SAD.719/10/11-32

1950 Apr 28
Copy of the Equatoria Province local government orders relating to Zande District Digitised material for Copy of the Equatoria Province local government orders relating to Zande District - SAD.719/10/33-36

1950 May 12
Land Registry circulars (1-28) setting out general instructions and rulings covering Land Registry work Digitised material for Land Registry circulars (1-28) - SAD.720/1/1-61

1950 Oct
Note by S.R. Simpson on the future of the Land Registry and the Lands section of the Legal Department Digitised material for Note by S.R. Simpson on the future of the Land Registry and the Lands section of the Legal Department - SAD.720/2/1-2

1950
Note on the aims and provisions of the Town Replanning Ordinance, 1950 Digitised material for Note on the aims and provisions of the Town Replanning Ordinance, 1950 - SAD.720/2/3-12

[ca. 1950]
Memorandum on principles of compensation involved in town replanning Digitised material for Memorandum on principles of compensation involved in town replanning - SAD.720/2/13-15

1951 Jul 28
Note on the constitution of Forest Reserves, by J.D. [Burridge] Digitised material for Note on the constitution of Forest Reserves, by J.D. [Burridge] - SAD.720/2/16-17

1952 Oct 8
Note by S.R. Simpson on the acquisition of land for Guneid Pump Scheme Digitised material for Note by S.R. Simpson on the acquisition of land for Guneid Pump Scheme - SAD.720/2/18-19

1953 Feb 4
Note by S.R. Simpson on the Guneid Scheme Digitised material for Note by S.R. Simpson on the Guneid Scheme - SAD.720/2/20-21

1953 Feb 22
Memorandum by S.R. Simpson on the Kababish, Hawawir award Digitised material for Memorandum by S.R. Simpson on the Kababish, Hawawir award - SAD.720/2/34

[ca. 1953]
Memorandum on the distribution of hawashas in the Gezira Scheme Digitised material for Memorandum on the distribution of hawashas in the Gezira Scheme - SAD.720/2/35-36

1954 Aug 1
Extracts from Lands' Office annual report 1953/54, by M.R. Hussein, Registrar General Digitised material for Extracts from Lands' Office annual report 1953/54 - SAD.720/3/1-2

[n.d.]
Extract from Sudan Government Gazette no. 2., 27 May 1899 on Sudan laws Digitised material for Extract from Sudan Government Gazette no 2., 27 May 1899 - SAD.720/3/21

[n.d.]
Schedule of numbers of registered titles in the Sudan Digitised material for Schedule of numbers of registered titles in the Sudan - SAD.720/3/22-24

[1976?]
“Sudan service”, the memoirs of S.R. Simpson, 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 photographsDigitised material for Sudan service (memoirs of S.R. Simpson) - SAD.720/4

See also R.O. Collins collection, SAD.941/7/1-11

1949 Feb 25
Copy article on “Land ownership abroad” from Country Life

[n.d.]
Notes for a talk by S.R. Simpson on the work of District Commissioners

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

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

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

1910 - 1920
Nahud District:

1908 - 1936
Bara District:

1908 - 1910
Um Ruaba District:

1913 - 1914
Gum gardens:

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

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

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

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 Digitised material for Copy letter concerning Karu rights - SAD.627/11/1-5

[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 Digitised material for Notes on the present condition of the Land Registry in the Northern Province - SAD.627/11/6-19

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

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

1909 Mar 23
Report on the system of land tenure in Singa District, by J.G. Matthew, Deputy Inspector (2 copies) Digitised material for Report on the system of land tenure in Singa District, by J.G. Matthew - SAD.542/9/1-45
Digitised material for Report on the system of land tenure in Singa District, by J.G. Matthew - 542/13/1-47

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) Digitised material for Report on land tenure in Singa District - SAD.542/11/15-32

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 Digitised material for Land settlement instructions by E. Bonham Carter - SAD.542/12/9-24

1910 Apr 30
Note by P. Munro on the status of decisions of the 1902 Land Commission Digitised material for Note on the status of decisions of the 1902 Land Commission - SAD.542/12/25-26

1912 May 25
Report on proposed settlement of Sennar markaz land in 1912-1913, by C.G. Dupuis, Deputy Inspector Digitised material for Report on proposed settlement of Sennar markaz land in 1912-1913 - SAD.542/10/20-26

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) Digitised material for Report on land tenure in Sennar District (typescript) - SAD.542/11/1-14
Digitised material for Report on land tenure in Sennar District (manuscript) with related correspondence - SAD.542/14/1-19

1913 Dec 17
Report on Geteina rainland settlement, 1910 12, by C.A. Ball, Settlement Officer Digitised material for Report on Geteina rainland settlement, 1910-12 - SAD.542/10/1-19

[ca. 1913]
Notes on land tenure by E.G. Sarsfield Hall, Settlement Officer Digitised material for Notes on land tenure - SAD.542/12/1-8

1915 Mar 2
Final report on land settlement operations in Sennar District, 1913-1915, by E.G. Sarsfield Hall, including Settlement Officer's instructions to demarcation officers and registration officer Digitised material for Final report on land settlement operations in Sennar District, 1913-1915 - SAD.542/15/1-39

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 Digitised material for Notes on the organisation and modus operandi of a settlement party in a rain land area - SAD.542/16/1-30

[ca. 1930]
Note by G.D.N. Clark on land settlement in the Northern Gezira Digitised material for Note by G.D.N. Clark on land settlement in the Northern Gezira - SAD.627/11/20-25

1933 Dec 21
Note on land ownership in Rufa`a lands on the East bank of the Blue Nile Digitised material for Note on land ownership in Rufa`a - SAD.627/11/26-30

1935 May 25
Summary of proposals for compensating dispossessed land owners at Gebel Aulia Dam Digitised material for Summary of proposals for compensating dispossessed land owners at Jebel Aulia Dam - SAD.627/11/31-34

1911 Jan
Report on land custom in Kassala, by Capt. H. Dumbell, with covering letter from A. Cameron, Governor Digitised material for Report on land custom in Kassala - SAD.542/17/1-10

1911 Jan 11
Note on land customs at Tokar, by J.G. Matthew, Inspector, Suakin District Digitised material for Note on land customs at Tokar - SAD.542/17/15-19

1911 Apr
Note on land customs in Gedaref and Mafaza Districts, by Capt. H. Dumbell Digitised material for Note on land customs in Gedaref and Mafaza Districts - SAD.542/17/11-14

[ca. 1913]
Draft order for applying the Deeds Registration Ordinances 1907 and 1908 to Gedaref, with covering letter from the Registrar, Khartoum Province lands

1929 Sep 18
Note on Tokar Delta lands by F.T.C. Young, Commissioner, Nomad Administration Digitised material for Note on Tokar Delta lands - SAD.542/17/20-36

[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

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 Digitised material for Note on land registration in the Sudan - SAD.542/22/1-19

1922 Mar 2
Rules for the sale, lease and other disposal of Government lands and the acquisition of land by Government

1922
Rules regulating the purchase or lease of Government land and for Mineral Prospecting Licenses

1925 Mar 23
Note on the duties of the Registrar of Companies

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

[1930]
Note on individual rights in tribal lands, by B.H. Bell, Acting Legal Secretary Digitised material for Note on individual rights in tribal lands, by B.H. Bell, Acting Legal Secretary - SAD.542/23/1-4

1930 Nov 29
Note by I.M. Bruce Gardyne on points raised in note above (SAD.542/23/1-4) Digitised material for Note by I.M. Bruce Gardyne on points raised in note above (SAD.542/23/1-4) - SAD.542/23/5

1932 Jan 10
Note on prescription, with special reference to acquisitive prescription against Government Digitised material for Note on prescription, with special reference to acquisitive prescription against Government - SAD.542/23/6-10

1933 Feb 1
Memorandum on the collection of rent for Government agricultural lands, by J.A. Reid, Governor, White Nile Province Digitised material for Memorandum on the collection of rent for Government agricultural lands, by J.A. Reid, Governor, White Nile Province - SAD.542/23/16

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 Digitised material for List of authorities and files consulted by H.A. Evans in compiling his note on land tenure in the Sudan - SAD.542/24/1-7

[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) Digitised material for Provisional Turkish law relating to the inheritance of immovable property, 3rd Rabi el Awal 1331. No. 89 Dustur, vol. V. - SAD.542/25/1-4

1921 Jun 30
Report of land acquisition at Bagdad for 1920 Digitised material for Report of land acquisition at Baghdad for 1920 - SAD.542/25/5-6

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) Digitised material for Memorandum and correspondence re report of committee on native land tenure in North Kavirondo Reserve - SAD.542/23/18-22

1927
Photographs of El Obeid (on mounted sheets):

1931
Photographs of a trek to Kafia Kingi (on mounted sheets):

1933
Photographs taken at Ed Damer (on mounted sheets):

1934
Photographs taken in Yei River district, Mongalla (on mounted sheets):

1931
Temple of Karnak with colonnade of rams

1946
Group of four Sudan Land Registry officials on a visit to a sewage farm in Leicester with Simpson

1993 May 8
Simpson in old age

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

1899 - 1919
Sudan Government circular memoranda:

1984
Simpson, S.R., Land law and registration, Book 1 (London, 1984)

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue


El Kereiba village. A summary of information obtained during a survey by second year students in June/July 1962 of El Kereiba village, Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province (Khartoum, 1963)
Brausch, Georges, Crooke, Patrick & Shaw, John, Bashagra area settlements, 1963. A case study in village development in the Gezira scheme, (Khartoum, 1964)
Simpson, S.R., Town planning in the Northern Sudan and a note on street tree planting, ([Khartoum], 1943)
Simpson, S.R., Town planning and development during the Condominium: Two extracts from a memoir (ca. 1983)
The Sudan law journal and reports, 7 vols (7v) dupls Khartoum, 1956-61, 1963)
Sudan notes and records, 46 vols (Khartoum 1918, 1924, 1931-43, 1945-52, 1954-56, 1958-61)
Report of committee with reference to the sale of Government lands in the Sudan ([Khartoum], 1904)
Middleton, A.A., Housing for staff, S.I.D. Technical note no. 1/45 (Abu Ushur, 1945)
Weekly digest of proceedings, First Legislative Assembly, second session, no. 7 (Khartoum, 1950)
Report of the Select Committee on the future administration of the Gezira Scheme ([Khartoum], 1950)
Report of the Select Committee on the future ownership of land in the north west extension of the Gezira Scheme (1950)