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Name Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1917-1920 Level [41] Item

1. IOR/L/PS/10/389/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
Part 8 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Included are the following: discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 item (300 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/572/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/572/2
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 10 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with; liquidation of enemy assets &c; claims against enemy assets’
Scope & Content:
Part 10 comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the return or disposal of enemy (Turkish or German) property and other assets in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf at the end of the First World War. The volume includes: an enquiry from the Hamburg firm Robert Wönckhaus & C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jul 1918-6 Apr 1922
Extent:

1 item (187 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/736/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/736/1
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 5 'Persia: Negotiations leading up to the Anglo-Persian Agreement 1919'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding negotiations between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran] leading up to the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919. The correspondence discusses the negotiations themselves as well as the proposed content of the agreement, and the item include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1919-18 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 item (262 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/775/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/775/1
Title:
File 5655/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Refugee Camp at Baqubah: – Progress Reports and Parliamentary Questions'
Scope & Content:
This part contains mainly parliamentary questions, memoranda and progress reports regarding the refugee camp at Baqubah [also written Ba’qubah, Ba’quba and Baquba] in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq] during 1920. Also included are correspondence, telegrams and minute...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1919-23 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 item (165 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/833/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/3
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA KURDISTAN The AQRAH Incident: Murder of Messrs Bill & Scott’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident during which two individuals, J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, and Captain K R Scott, 31st Punjabis, Indian Army, Assistant Political Officer, Aqrah [also spelled Akra and Aqra in this item], were killed ‘near Birza Kapra in Zab Val...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 item (86 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/833/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/4
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: The Telafar Outrage’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to an attack on the town of Telafar [Tell Afar; also spelled Tal Afar in the item] in early June 1919, allegedly by members of the Shammar Jarba tribe, which resulted in the killing of all Government officials there including: Major J E Barlow, the Political Officer; Lieutenant ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1920-17 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/847/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/1
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy (Tenure and Acquisition) (General file)'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part one of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and particularly relates to the sale, leasing or granting of land to persons other than domiciled inhabitants of the territories (e.g....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1917-16 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 item (48 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/847/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/2
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Messrs Sassoon's dealings in land at Basra.'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part two of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and particularly relates to the registration of land purchases. The correspondence is mainly concerned with a request from E D Sassoo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1918-22 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 item (16 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/847/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/3
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Messrs Weir's purchase of sites at Basra.'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part three of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to Andrew Weir and Company's efforts to purchase two properties in Basrah (also referred to as Busreh in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1919-22 Apr 1920
Extent:

1 item (23 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/847/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/5
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part five of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to proposed construction by the British authorities. The part contains correspondence discussing a propose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1919-7 May 1920
Extent:

1 item (22 folios)