Catalogue of the papers of B.A. Lewis

Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Lewis, Bazett Annesley
Dates of creation: 1888-1962
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Lewis, Bazett Annesley
Language: English

Bazett Annesley Lewis

(1907 - 1964)


	1930-1931	Assistant District Commissioner, Dongola Province
	1931-1933	Assistant District Commissioner, Khartoum
	1933-1935	Inspector, Secretariat for Economic Development
	1935-1938	Assistant District Commissioner, Upper Nile Province
	1938-1941	[Assistant District Commissioner?], Blue Nile Province
	1941-1945	District Commissioner, Upper Nile Province
	1945-1946	Sudan Agency, London
	1946	Inspector, Finance Department
	1947-1948	Deputy Assistant Civil Secretary, Civil Secretary's Office
	1948-1952	Resident, Dar Masalit, Darfur
	1952-1953	Deputy Governor, Equatoria Province
	1953-1954	Government Sociologist, Ministry of the Interior

Arrangement

1. Official Papers

2. Historical Material

3. Articles (drafts)

4. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Mrs B. A. Lewis, 1966

Catalogue

1. Official Papers

SAD.600/3/1-3

1928 May
Report entitled “Warrants for Native Courts in Dar Masalit”

SAD.600/5/59-61

[1948-1952]
Rough manuscript notes by Lewis on historical events in Dar Masalit

SAD.600/3/4-33

1952
Handing-over notes: Dar Masalit Sultanate, comprising:

SAD.600/3/4-23

1952
General section (Part I) covering the following topics: introduction; Sultanate; medical; education; communications; agriculture and forests; veterinary; trade; buildings; police and public security; relations with Zalingei District; relations with Kuttum District; and relations with French Equatorial Africa

SAD.600/3/24-33

1952
Tribal section (Part II) covering the following topics: introduction; list of furshas and `umdahs; note on Arabs in district; Masalit; Zaghawa Kabga; Gimr; Mileiri of Jabal Mun; Erenga; and Sinyar

SAD.600/3/34-80

[1950s]
Report on the Masalit language

SAD.600/4/1-37

[1950s]
Handwritten notes by Lewis on Masalit tribal customs, covering the following topics: hierarchy; clan structure; ceremonies; marriage; magic; and vocabulary

2. Historical Material

SAD.600/6/1-5

[late-19th century?]
Typescript English translation of an extract from a native chronicle of Wadai on its history and people

SAD.600/6/6-8

[late-19th century?]
Typescript English translation of an extract from a source on the history and genealogy of the Saifawa

SAD.600/5/37-40

1888 Aug 15-1913 Feb 18
Letter by N. Shuqair to G.F. Clayton, Director of Intelligence, relating to historical documents relevant to the Tama and Masalit question. Enclosure:

SAD.600/5/39-40

1888 Aug 15
Letter from Sultan Yusif of Wadai to Al-Ata Usal in which the Sultan styles himself “Amil of the Mahdia in Wadai”

SAD.600/5/5-6

1888 Sep 5
Typescript translation of a report by the Governor of Darfur, Amir `Uthman Adam, to the Khalifa `Abd Allahi

SAD.600/5/7-10

1891 Jun 22
Typescript translation of a declaration by al-Nur Bey Anqarah

SAD.600/5/11-12

1891 Jun 22
Typescript translation of a letter from Mahmud Ahmad, Amir of Darfur and Kordofan to the Khalifa `Abd Allahi concerning the movements of Idris al-Tamawi and Hajjam al-Masalati

SAD.600/5/1-4

1898-1912
Chronological tables of events in Wadai (1900-1912) and Darfur (1898-1912)

SAD.600/5/13-20

[1910]
Draft statement on Wadai, Dar Tama and Dar Masalit, 1874-1910, mainly compiled from information received by Sharaf al-Din of Dar Tama

SAD.600/5/21-36

1913 Feb 2
Copy report by Na'um Shuqair of the Intelligence Department, entitled “The Masalit and Tama Sultanates. Are they within Darfur or Wadai Sultanate?”

SAD.600/5/37-40

1913 Feb 18
Copy letter from Na'um Shuqair to the Director of Intelligence enclosing copies of two documents on the Tama and Masalit question: extract from the Maia Arabic register of 1876-1877 relating to the boundary between Darfur and Wadai; and letter dated 15 Aug 1888 from Sultan Yusuf of Wadia to al-Ata Usul

SAD.600/5/41-43

1913 May 15
Translation of a deposition of Bimbashi `Abd al-Salam Agha Muhammad concerning events in Darfur in 1875

SAD.600/5/44-45

1913 Jul 27
Copy statement of Mogarrab `Abdannabi al-Masri of the Gawazi Arabs concerning the wastern boundaries of Darfur

SAD.600/5/46

1913 Oct 6
Copy extracts from an account of a journey through Darfur and Wadai by Matteucci in 1880-1881

SAD.600/5/47-58

1918
Report (incomplete) by H.A. MacMichael, Governor Darfur, on Dar Masalit

3. Articles (drafts)

SAD.600/6/9-17

1924
Draft article by R. Davies on, “The Masalit Sultanate”, later published in Sudan Notes and Records, v 7, no. 2

SAD.600/6/18-34

[1948-1952]
Draft article by Lewis (ts and mss) on the history and customs of the Masalit tribe

SAD.600/7/1-46

[1948-1952]
Draft article (incomplete) by Lewis on the history and customs of the Bari tribe, including short list of vocabulary
Language: English, Bari

4. Printed Material

SAD.600/7/47

1947
Offprint of Lewis, B.A., “Murle folk tales”, Sudan Notes and Records, v 32, pt.1 (1947), 135-45

SAD.600/7/48

1950
Offprint of Lewis, B.A., “Nuer spokesmen”, Sudan Notes and Records, v 32, pt.1 (1950), 77-84

SAD.600/7/49

1962
Offprint of Lewis, B.A., “Deim El Arab and Beja stevedores of Port Sudan”, Sudan Notes and Records, v 43 (1962), 16-49