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Project / Collection India Office Records Name Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1917-1920

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/790
Title:
'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
Scope & Content:
The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/799
Title:
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances at Deir-es-Zor: 1.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to boundaries and disturbances at Deir es-Zor [Deir ez-Zor, Syria]. The correspondence discusses the political situation in Mesopotamia, tribal uprisings against British occupation and implications for their punishment given various adjustments of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1919-2 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/368
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pts 4 & 5 'MESOPOT: - TRADE. TRADE CORPORATION MISSION. TRADE REPORT'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 4 and 5 of the subject ‘Mesopotamia: Trade’. Part 4 (IOR/L/PS/10/368/1) concerns trade missions to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf at the end of the First World War (1914-1918) by the British Trade Corporation and others. Part 5 (IOR/L/PS/10/368/2) concerns the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1920
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/390
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 9-10 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1919'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It relates to the dispute 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], and Britain's policy towards both. It includes correspondenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1918-13 Jan 1920
Extent:

1 volume (534 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 11-12 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1920'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 11 and 12 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. The volume concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1920-21 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 volume (562 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 4-6 'The War: Banking Arrangements in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to banking arrangements, mainly in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. It consists of three parts: Part 4 contains papers relating to the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Mesopotamia, mostly concerning the Baghdad branch. Part 5 contains papers relating to the extension of banking f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1921
Extent:
1 volume (354 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/555
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 1 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia: General File’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration and applications for oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and in the frontier region between Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran] during and in the years following the First World War, when Mesopotamia was under British military occupation and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-18 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 volume (234 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/556
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 2 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia and Persia: oil; Sir J Cowan's deputation & Standard Oil Co.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to oil exploration and the acquisition of oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (and to a lesser degree, Persia [Iran]) by oil companies. The companies involved are: the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC); the Shell Transport Company (STC, also referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:

1 volume (294 folios)

10. 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)