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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Mesopotamia Commission, 1916-1917

1. IOR/L/PS/10/666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/666
Title:
File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between the India Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1917-8 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 volume (195 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/257
Title:
Mesopotamia Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a Special Report by Commander J Wedgwood, DSO, MP, and Appendices. London: HMSO, 1917.
Scope & Content:
A signed proof, folios 1-100, plus additional material, folios 101-124. The cover bears the signature of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State. The report has been annotated in blue pencil at various points. Contents: 'Part I. Preface. 'Part II. Origin of Mesopotamia [Iraq] Exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

1 volume (122 folios)

3. Mss Eur F112/163-164

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/163-164
Title:
Papers relating to the Mesopotamia Expedition
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two physical files of papers (Mss Eur F112/163 and 164), relating to the Mesopotamia [Iraq] Expedition of the First World War. The first physical file (Mss Eur F112/163, ff 1-270), consists of: letters to Lord Curzon; printed copies of letters and telegrams, including tele...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1915-26 Aug 1917
Extent:

2 files (551 folios)

4. Mss Eur F112/286

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/286
Title:
Letters and Papers on the Mesopotamia Commission and the Cabinet Committee on Iraq
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, correspondence, and other papers relating to the Mesopotamia [Iraq] Commission (the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the Mesopotamia campaign), British policy in relation to Mesopotamia after the First World War, and the Cabinet Committee on Iraq. These pap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jun 1917-11 Oct 1923
Extent:

1 file (95 folios)