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Subject Assyrians Digitised Content Yes (available) Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/PS/12/712

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/712
Title:
Ext 2401/42 'Middle East: recruitment of RAF levies'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the RAF (Royal Air Force) Headquarters in the Middle East, the Minister of State in Cairo, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the British Envoy in Baghdad, and discusses the recruitment of 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1942-29 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2872
Title:
Coll 17/16(1) 'Iraq. The Assyrian Crisis'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933. It primarily consists of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Francis Humphrys), HM Chargé d’Affaires to Iraq (George Ogilvie-Forbes), and the Foreign Office. The papers document the negotiations between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1933-31 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (514 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2874
Title:
Coll 17/16(3) 'The Assyrian Question'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2873, and contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933-1934. The papers concern the proposal to settle Assyrians on land owned by Paraná Plantations Limited in Brazil, and documents the negotiations between the League of Nations a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Nov 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (598 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2875
Title:
Coll 17/16(4) 'Settlement of the Assyrians. Iraqi railways: agreement between HMG and Iraqi government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2874. It contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933-1935. The papers cover the proposed scheme to resettle the Assyrians of Iraq in British Guiana, on land to be purchased from the Rupununi Company. Following a report by General B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1935-11 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (250 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2876
Title:
Coll 17/16(5)(S) 'Settlement of the Assyrians'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding areas for the possible resettlement of Assyrians residing in Iraq and Syria following the Second World War (1939-1945). Consisting of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Viceroy of India, regarding the possibility of resettlement in Northern Baluc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1945-2 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B327
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B345
Title:
The Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written by Edwin Samuel Montagu, the Secretary of State for India, describing the situation of Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1920
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B354

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B354
Title:
The Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
The file opens with a memorandum by Edwin Samuel Montagu (Secretary of State for India) dated 4 November 1920 regarding the current situation of Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia, paying particular attention to the difficulties that they have faced in seeking repatriation. This memora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)