This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 95 of 1843, dated 30 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 25 November to 29 December 1843. The correspondence relates t...
Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 28 February-17 May 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], particularly in relation to the situation al...
Enclosures nos. 2-3 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 30 June 1848. The enclosures are dated 9-28 April 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] relating to affairs in Baghdad, includi...
Mesopotamia: Assyrian refugees at Baqubah. Note by Captain G S Reed, dated 1 July 1919
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document by Captain G S Reed which provides an overview of the history of the Assyrian Christians in Urmia and the circumstances that led to their mass exodus to Baqubah in 1918. Reed also details the difficulties of the repatriation of these refugees back to Urmia.
Inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs. Secretary's note: situation in Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note in which the struggle for Kurdish independence within Iraq is detailed, taking into account the occurrences of the year 1919. The document covers the following: Kurdish concerns regarding being under the control of the Armenians Kurdish appeals to the British governm...
