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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F111-112 Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor Level [40] File

1. Mss Eur F112/163-164

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/163-164
Title:
Papers relating to the Mesopotamia Expedition
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two physical files of papers (Mss Eur F112/163 and 164), relating to the Mesopotamia [Iraq] Expedition of the First World War. The first physical file (Mss Eur F112/163, ff 1-270), consists of: letters to Lord Curzon; printed copies of letters and telegrams, including tele...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1915-26 Aug 1917
Extent:

2 files (551 folios)

2. Mss Eur F112/256

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/256
Title:
Mesopotamia: Papers relating to the future administration of Mesopotamia for the Committee over which I presided, 1917-1919
Scope & Content:
File containing correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the work of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee, collected by Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Lord President of the Council, who chaired the Committee. The papers cover a variety of topics relating to the administration of Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1916-3 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 file (314 folios)

3. Mss Eur F112/257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/257
Title:
Memoranda Relating to Departmental Views on the Conduct of the War in the East and the Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file comprises typescript, printed and manuscript memoranda, dated 1918 and 1920 by: Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India; Arthur James Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (up to October 1919); Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office; and Forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1918-24 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 file (58 folios)

4. Mss Eur F112/265

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/265
Title:
War Cabinet Papers Relating to Syria and the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916
Scope & Content:
The file chiefly comprises correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper cuttings relating to the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 and British policy in former Ottoman territories following the end of the First World War. Many of the papers were printed and prepared for the War Cabinet (from March 1918,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Apr 1917-21 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

5. Mss Eur F112/272

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/272
Title:
Papers of the Mesopotamian Administration (later Middle East) Committee
Scope & Content:
This file mostly consists of minutes of meetings of the War Cabinet's Mesopotamian Administration Committee (later renamed the Middle East Committee), chaired by George Curzon. The papers are chiefly concerned with current and future British policy in Mesopotamia, which during the period cover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917-12 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 file (39 folios)

6. Mss Eur F112/273

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/273
Title:
Middle East Committee and Eastern Committee
Scope & Content:
This file relates to two War Cabinet committees: the Middle East Committee (originally named the Mesopotamian Administration Committee), and the Eastern Committee, both chaired by George Curzon. The first half of the file consists almost entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the Middle Eas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1918-31 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

7. Mss Eur F112/281

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/281
Title:
Papers relating to transfer of Middle Eastern Affairs to the Colonial Office and creation of a new Department there, 1920-1921, with Cabinet notes of Milner, Montague, Churchill, self, and others
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and reports concerning the administration of Mesopotamia and other Middle Eastern territories and the transfer of responsibility for Middle Eastern Affairs to a new department within the Colonial Office. Authors and correspondents include Cur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1920-10 Feb 1921
Extent:

1 file (68 folios)

8. Mss Eur F112/286

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/286
Title:
Letters and Papers on the Mesopotamia Commission and the Cabinet Committee on Iraq
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, correspondence, and other papers relating to the Mesopotamia [Iraq] Commission (the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the Mesopotamia campaign), British policy in relation to Mesopotamia after the First World War, and the Cabinet Committee on Iraq. These pap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jun 1917-11 Oct 1923
Extent:

1 file (95 folios)

9. Mss Eur F112/287

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/287
Title:
Papers Relating to the League of Nations Mandates
Scope & Content:
File containing correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the creation of the League of Nations mandates, by which the administration of former colonies of Germany and the Ottoman Empire [Turkey] was granted variously to the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Japan. Much of the file i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1919-15 Jan 1922
Extent:
1 file (323 folios)

10. Mss Eur F112/396

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/396
Title:
Reconnaissance Reports on Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888
Scope & Content:
A report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], Kurdistan, north-west Persia [Iran], and Luristan [Lorestan] and detailed description of this routes. The surveys were carried out from April to October 1888. The report is written by Lieutenant Francis Richard Maunsell and is in two volumes, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

2 volumes (274 folios)