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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of Iraq, Early 20th century-Mid 20th century

21. 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)

22. 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)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/2890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2890
Title:
Coll 17/28 'Iraq. Creation of Iraqi navy.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the intention of the Government of Iraq to form a small river fleet. The papers mostly consist of the following: copies of correspondence between Robert Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1936-18 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/1500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1500
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/7 Pension to Abdur Rehman – Civil’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to pension payments made by the Pensions Department of the Iraq Government, to Abdul Rahman bin Hassan, a resident of Hassa [Al-Aḥsā’]. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett); representatives of the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 May 1926-29 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/1522

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1522
Title:
‘File 16/25 Iraq Government Gazette from 7th January, 1945 to’
Scope & Content:
Copies of the weekly ‘Iraq Government Gazette, published in Baghdad by the Directorate General of Propaganda of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Iraq. The copies included in the file cover the periods 7 January 1945 to 1 April 1945, and 2 March 1947 to 11 May 1947. The Gazettes include: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1945-11 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (251 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/1527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1527
Title:
‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
Scope & Content:
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette, published between June and July 1931: a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4); a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)