Search

Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/18/B Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B79
Title:
Memoir on Part of Mesopotamia contained between Sheriat-el-Beytha on the Tigris to Tel Ibrahim, by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Surveyor in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file is a memoir that describes part of Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Sheriat-el-Beytha (ten miles north-west of Baghdad) and the large mound of Tel Ibrahim (nineteen miles north-east of Hillah). The memoir contains details of historical sites, agriculture and irrigation in the region. The m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B160
Title:
‘Baghdad Railway.’
Scope & Content:
Printed confidential memorandum (B 160), written by Major Lindsay Sherwood Newmarch, Political Resident in Turkish Arabia, dated 18 December 1906. The memorandum addresses the associated risks and benefits to be incurred and gained from not being involved in the construction of the Baghdad railw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1906
Extent:

4 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B199
Title:
'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts: Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1913
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B225
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey, Indian Army, Political Agent, Kuwait to Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary, Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey to Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel encloses a copy of a letter No. C/8 of 1915 by Grey, as Political Agent in Kuwait, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 9 June 1915, regarding Arab co-operation with the Turks in the Shatt al-Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1915
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B226
Title:
Letter from Brigadier-General Arthur Wigram Money, General Headquarters, India Expeditionary Force "D", Basrah [Basra] to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The confidential letter reports on the tribal situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq], describing the various tribes located in the different listed geographic areas and noting whether they were friendly or hostile to British forces. The sections in the letter include: General - reporting on the check r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B236
Title:
Statement [on the expedition to Mesopotamia] by Political Secretary, India Office
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret' is a statement by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, dated 30 August 1916, concerning the British campaign against Turkey in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the context of the First World War, in particular British intentions to advance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B246
Title:
'FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF MESOPOTAMIA'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of: Extract from Lord Chelmsford (Frederick John Napier Thesiger)'s private letter of 18 October 1916: regarding the Government of India's existing responsibilities in relation to Mesopotamia; the likelihood of those responsibilities increasing; whether it might be possible to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B254

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B254
Title:
MESOPOTAMIAN ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. Report of Sub-Committee appointed under paragraph 17 of the minutes of 21st March 1917.
Scope & Content:
The report details the investigation undertaken by the sub-committee in looking at the division of work between the Indian and Mesopotamian services, and sources of recruitment for the latter. The recommendations based on the report comprise: The limits of the Bagdad Vilayet and the question of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B255
Title:
'MESOPOTAMIAN ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. DRAFT REPORT OF COMMITTEE.'
Scope & Content:
The draft report of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee containing recommendations made by the committee. These recommendations include: The occupied territories of Mesopotamia being administered in the future by His Majesty's Government and not by the Government of India; The Basra Vilay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)