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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Museum, 1753- Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/689
Title:
File 2813/1917 'MESPOT: SAMARRA ANTIQUITIES'
Scope & Content:
This file chiefly comprises: correspondence; India Office Political and Secret Department Minutes, Draft Papers and Draft Telegrams; copies of letters and telegrams; notes and memoranda; and reports. The file relates mainly to the discussions regarding the disposal of antiquities from Samarra [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1917-25 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/742
Title:
File 2447/1918 'Antiquities Mesopotamia: Preservation of Historical Ruins. (Campbell Thomson and Hall Collection of Antiques)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the preservation of ruins of historical interest in Palestine and Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the First World War. The papers notably cover the following: Arrangements for British specialists and archaeologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1918-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (336 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/845
Title:
File 4368/1919 'IRAQ:- ANTIQUITIES LISBON COLLECTION'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises: correspondence; India Office Political and Secret Department Minutes and Draft Papers; covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India (with enclosures); and reports. The file relates to British involvement i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1919-17 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B366
Title:
Mesopotamian Antiquities
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum by Sir Leonard Day Wakely (signed L D W), Political Department, India Office, dated 3 February 1921, provides an overview of antiquities in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum detail: the Ottoman administration of archaeology; German archaeological expeditions during th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1921
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)