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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1917-1920

21. IOR/L/PS/10/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 2-5 ‘Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda and telegrams related to the supply of overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia/Iraq. The main issues discussed in the volume are the following: The question of whether to continue using the overprinted Turkish stamps after the declar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1917-2 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (344 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/686
Title:
File 2571/1917 'MESOPOTAMIA: FUTURE ADMINISTRATION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises memoranda, notes, telegrams, correspondence and minutes, relating to the British Government’s policy on the future administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Selected papers of the War Cabinet’s Mesopotamia Administration Committee, and its successors the Middle East Committee an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-10 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (185 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/689
Title:
File 2813/1917 'MESPOT: SAMARRA ANTIQUITIES'
Scope & Content:
This file chiefly comprises: correspondence; India Office Political and Secret Department Minutes, Draft Papers and Draft Telegrams; copies of letters and telegrams; notes and memoranda; and reports. The file relates mainly to the discussions regarding the disposal of antiquities from Samarra [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1917-25 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

24. 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)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/742
Title:
File 2447/1918 'Antiquities Mesopotamia: Preservation of Historical Ruins. (Campbell Thomson and Hall Collection of Antiques)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the preservation of ruins of historical interest in Palestine and Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the First World War. The papers notably cover the following: Arrangements for British specialists and archaeologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1918-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (336 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/750
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 2 ‘Mesopotamia – Administration; Public and Questions in Parliament (1919) Articles in “Times” – Sir G. Buchanan’s criticisms. Publication of Sir J. Hewett’s report as dementi [sic] Bagdad criticisms of Sir J. Hewett’s Report’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, Parliamentary notices and articles from The Times newspaper. The correspondence is related to the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Sir John Hewett’s report on the topic. The volume contains two copies of Hewett’s report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1919-18 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/752
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 4 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION- PUBLICATION OF A BLUE BOOK’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, reviews and printed reports related to the civil administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The volume includes the following reviews and reports: A ‘REVIEW OF THE CIVIL ADMINITSRATION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF AL ‘IRAQ 1914---...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1919-12 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/756

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/756
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: SITUATION’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of and situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the Agreement of 1916 between the French and British governments and the self-determination of Mesopotamia. The papers notably cover: The arg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1919-6 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/765
Title:
File 4929/1918 ‘Arabia: relations with Bin Rashid’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers mostly concerning relations between HM Government and Bin Rashid [Sa`ud (II) ibn Abdul Aziz al Rashid], Emir of Hail [Jabal Shammar], in the Nejd region of Arabia. It includes correspondence regarding: the desire of Bin Rashid for friendly relations with HM Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1918-30 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 volume (229 folios)