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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Kurdistan, Middle East, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/188
Title:
File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, relating to the encroachment on the British Residency in Iraq by the Vali of Baghdad for the purpose of road widening. Also discussed is interference by the Turkish authorities with the property of Messrs Lynch Brothers a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
1 volume (266 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 1-2 ‘KURDISTAN SITUATION & POLICY’
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political situation in Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. This volume is separated into two parts: ‘Kurdistan: Situation.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/1) ‘Kurdistan: Policy & Future of’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/2). E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1918-4 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 volume (549 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/782

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/782
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 3 ‘KURDISTAN POLICY & SITUATION’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, parliamentary notes, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding the political situation in Kurdistan, but also contains correspondence from Kurdish representatives and var...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1919-4 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/815
Title:
File 1450/1919 ‘Mesopotamia & Kurdistan: Geological Reports on’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and maps and geological drawings, regarding the geological examination of regions in Mesopotamia and the prospect of petroleum [oil] in these areas. Included in the volume are the following reports: ‘MESOPOTAMIA GEOLOGICAL REPOR...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1917-26 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 volume (244 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/833

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 1-4 'IRAQ: KURDISTAN'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to ‘uprisings’ and violent incidents that took place against British political and military personnel in southern and central Kurdistan, a region which was of strategic importance to the British authorities in Mesopotamia. It comprises four parts (items) as follows: IOR/L/PS/10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1919-Dec 1921
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/962
Title:
File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Intelligence Reports of Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [also written as Iraq in this volume], based in Baghdad, covering the period 15 November 1920 to 15 September 1921. They largely relate to: the political situation in Mesopotamia and the surrounding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1920-31 Oct 1921
Extent:
1 volume (289 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/553
Title:
Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to situation in Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941. The discussion in the volume relates to the measures taken by Britain in consultation with the United States of Amer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1941-10 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (231 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3546
Title:
Coll 28/130 ‘Persia. Tribal situation and recommended policy.’
Scope & Content:
Reports and some correspondence relating to British policy towards tribes in Persia [Iran] during the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia in the Second World War. The file includes: An undated note on tribal policy in Kurdistan and Kermanshah, prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel C W Fletcher, Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1941-23 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B330
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B332
Title:
Mesopotamia: British relations with Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a document created by the Political Department in the India Office and details British relations with Kurdistan. The document charts the relationship between the two parties, including the question of future control over Kurdistan, and is split into four sections: I: Events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)