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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Name General Headquarters, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1914-1920 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/618
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1918 PORTION'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia in the period September 1917 to March 1919 covering such topics as administration of justice, agriculture and land revenue, and tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1917-9 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 volume (669 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/619
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the period February 1916 to August 1919 covering topics such as criminal procedure regulations, proclamations and notices...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1916 - 25 Aug 1919
Extent:
1 volume (741 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/620
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notific...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 volume (663 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/621
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1919-9 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (493 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/622
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period of June-August 1920. Topics covered include political developments in specific regio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1920 - 22 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 volume (872 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/757
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Future Constitution (Question of further announcement of British intentions) (Transfer of Dep[artmen]ts to Civil Administration)'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts, copies, and originals of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the British administration in and future constitution of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq]. The volume covers British concern about increasing resistance to their presence in the countr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jul 1919-7 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/761
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 8 'Mesopotamia: Situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and departmental notes relating to rebellion against British mandatory rule in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], later known as the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. The volume covers the period from the start of unrest ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1920-11 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (491 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/891
Title:
File 1913/1920 'Mesopotamia and Palestine: rent of billets in occupation of military; liability of Mesopotamian state for cost of military forces'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding the use of billets by British military forces and civil officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the years following the end of the First World War. Topics discussed include: Efforts to vacate and release as many billets as possible as a way to appease anti-Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1919-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/919
Title:
File 5876/1920 ‘Mesopotamia:- King for. Question of suitability of Feisul; French protest against Feisul; Feisul proclaimed “King of Iraq”; Treaty with Feisul’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the election of Sherif Feisal [Fayṣal al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, also written as Faisal and other variations in the volume] as King of Iraq, and negotiations leading to the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922. Specific topics discussed include:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1920-1 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (497 folios)