Documents & Resources

OTTOMAN LAND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS

Ottoman Land Registration Document (Deed) from Hawran Province, `Ajlun Governorate (Transjordan), Mukhayba Village, 1886

Ottoman Land Registration Document (Deed) from Karak Province, Ma`an Governorate (Transjordan), al-Fari`a Village, 1908

Ottoman Land Registration Document (Deed) from Hawran Province, `Ajlun Governorate (Transjordan), Mandah Village, 1908

Ottoman Land Document (Deed) from Hawran Province, `Ajlun Governorate (Transjordan), Mandah Village, 1912

Ottoman Land Register Page, `Akka Province, Haifa Governorate (Palestine), Tantura village 1869

TRANSJORDANIAN LAND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS

Transjordanian Arab Government Land Document (Deed) from `Ajlun Province (Transjordan), Irbid Governorate, Bayt Ra’s Village, 1922

Transjordanian Land Document (Deed) from Irbid Province, Irbib Governorate, Bayt Ra’s Village, 1933

Transjordanian Land Document (Deed) from Irbid Governorate, Hawwara Village, 1942

TRANSJORDANIAN AND JORDANIAN LAND POLICY IN THE EAST BANK AND WEST BANK

Transjordanian Land Settlement Officer’s Guide 1939 (Arabic)

G.F. Walpole, Land Settlement in Trans-Jordan, Middle East Supply Centre, 1944 (English)

Report on Land Settlement Operations and Survey in Jordan (1955) by Muhammad Isma’il al-‘Atiyyat (English)

Report on Land Settlement Operations and Survey in Jordan (1955) by Muhammad Isma’il al-‘Atiyyat (Arabic)

Jordanian Land Settlement Operations in the East Bank, list of villages and dates of settlement, 1933-52          (Jordanian Land Settlement Operations in the East Bank — Explanatory  Note for List of Villages)

Jordanian Land Settlement Operations in the West Bank 1952-66, list of villages and dates of settlement, 1952-67   

History of Land and Survey in Jordan (1960 Article, Arabic)

Historical Glimpse of the Jordanian Department of Lands and Survey (Arabic)

Badri Mulqi, The Phenomenon of Rising Land and Real Estate Prices [in Jordan], 1976 (Arabic)

TRANSJORDANIAN AND JORDANIAN  LAND LAWS

Transjordanian Order for Registering Land 1923 (Arabic)

Transjordanian Law for Partitioning the Lands of the Bani Hasan 1931 (Arabic)

Transjordanian Land Settlement Law 1933 (English)

Transjordanian Land Settlement Law 1937 (English)

Jordanian Land Settlement Law 1952 (English)

Jordanian Land Settlement Law 1952 (Arabic)

TRANSJORDANIAN AND JORDANIAN LAND TAXATION LAWS, STATISTICS

Transjordanian Law for the Distribution nof Taxes in the Karak Qada’ and the Bani Hasan Tribe 1932 (Arabic)

Transjordanian Regulations for the Distribution of Taxes in the Karak Qada’ and Bani Hasan Tribe 1932 (English)

Jordanian Land Taxation Statistics, 1964-68 (Arabic)

Jordanian Land and Building Taxation Statistics, 1971-81 (Arabic)

TRANSJORDANIAN STUDY OF RESETTLEMENT (OF PALESTINIANS) POSSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO PEELE COMMISSION PARTITION PLAN, 1937

Transjordan, Study of Resettlement (of Palestinians in Transjordan) Possibilities Pursuant to Peele Commission Partition Plan 1937 (English)

JEWISH AGENCY MEMORANDUM ON TRANSJORDAN (POSSIBILITIES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF PALESTINIANS) SUBMITTED TO THE WOODHEAD COMMISSION, 1938

Jewish Agency Memorandum on Transjordan for the Woodhead Commission Pt. 1

Jewish Agency Memorandum on Transjordan for the Woodhead Commission Pt. 2

Jewish Agency Memorandum on Transjordan for the Woodhead Commission Pt. 3

JORDANIAN AGRICULTURAL CENSUSES (STATISTICS ON LAND OWNERSHIP AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION)

Jordan, Agricultural Census 1953, including West Bank (English, Arabic)

Jordan, Agricultural Census 1965, including West Bank (portion; English)

Jordan, Agricultural Sample Survey 1970 (portion; English)

Jordan, Agricultural Survey 1983 (portion; English)

Jordan, Agricultural Survey 1997 (portion; English)

JORDANIAN POPULATION CENSUSES

Jordanian Population Census 1948 (American Diplomatic Document)

JORDANIAN MAPS

Jordan, Village Boundaries, northern Jordan (Arabic)

Jordan, Extent of the Fiscal Survey 1927-33 (English)

Jordan, Jordan Valley (East Bank) Old Village Boundaries 1961 (English, Arabic)

Jordan, Jordan Valley (East Bank) New Villages 1961 (English-Arabic)

PALESTINE MAPS

British 1/100,000 scale maps of Mandatory Palestine, by district: https://www.nli.org.il/en/maps/NNL_ALEPH002366953/NLI#$FL7335378

Jordan, West Bank Village Boundaries Map

BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE LAND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS

British Mandate for Palestine Land Document (Deed), Blank (English)

British Mandate for Palestine Land Document (Deed), Rantiyya village, 1929 (Arabic)

British Mandate for Palestine Land Document (Deed), Herzliya, 1932 (Hebrew)

British Mandate for Palestine Land Register Page, Tarshiha village

BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE, TRANSLITERATION GUIDES

British Mandate for Palestine Transliteration Guide and List of Arabic Names, Arabic-English 1923

British Mandate for Palestine Transliteration Guide and List of Arabic & Hebrew Names, Towns, and Villages, Arabic-English-Hebrew 1931

PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROPERTY

Stencil used by Israeli Custodian of Absentee Property Stencil to Mark Confiscated Palestinian Refugee Buildings (and Letter)

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) R/P 1 Form

AMERICAN BLACK POWER DOCUMENTS — GENERAL

SNCC Press Release on the Second Anniversary of Watts Disturbances, August 18, 1967

Guardian August 5, 1967 Locations of Urban Black Disturbances

Guardian April 13, 1968 Locations of Urban Black Disturbances

Black Panther Party 10-Point Platform (from The Black Panther, April 28, 1970)

AMERICAN BLACK POWER DOCUMENTS — ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

SNCC Newsletter Cartoon: Moshe Dayan, by Herman “Kofi” Bailey (from SNCC Newsletter, June-July 1967, p. 4)

SNCC Newsletter Cartoon: Jamal Abd al-Nasir and Muhammad Ali, by Herman “Kofi” Bailey (from SNCC Newsletter, June-July 1967, p. 5)

Black Panther Cartoon: America and Israel as Pigs named Nixon and Moshe Dayan, by Emory Douglas (from The Black Panther, March 21, 1970, p. 24)