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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

151. IOR/L/PS/10/735/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/735/1
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation & policy'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in May-November 1918 during the First World War, including: Military actions within Persia, particularly those in northern Persia involving Dunsterforce, the Allied military force commanded by General Lionel Dunsterville The resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1918-10 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 item (315 folios)

152. IOR/L/PS/10/748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/748
Title:
File 2835/1918 'Persia: East Persia (Seistan and Khorasan) Levy Corps'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers regarding the Sistan Levy Corps [also written as Seistan Levy Corps in the file] and the Khorasan Levy Corps, British military units in East Persia [Iran] formed from local recruits during the First World War. Topics discussed include: issues ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1918-30 Nov 1925
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

153. IOR/L/PS/10/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/749
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia Sir J. Hewett’s Mission’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, reports, and minutes. The correspondence is mainly about the mission of John Hewett’s [also spelled in the volume as Hewitt] to Mesopotamia. On behalf of the War Office, the mission is to examine and report to the Army Council...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1918-27 Nov 1919
Extent:

1 volume (134 folios)

154. IOR/L/PS/10/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/751
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: Administration- [Past, Present & Future] Parliamentary Questions & Public Criticism 1920’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports, minutes, Parliamentary notices and extracts from Hansard and from The Times newspaper. The correspondence is mainly related to Parliamentary questions, addressed to the Prime Minister or to the Secretary of State for India, and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
11 Feb 1920-4 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

155. 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)

156. IOR/L/PS/10/757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/757
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Future Constitution (Question of further announcement of British intentions) (Transfer of Dep[artmen]ts to Civil Administration)'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts, copies, and originals of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the British administration in and future constitution of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq]. The volume covers British concern about increasing resistance to their presence in the countr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jul 1919-7 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

157. IOR/L/PS/10/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/759
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Administration - Future Constitution'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to the administration of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq, sometimes referred to as Irak in this volume] following the decision by the League of Nations to assign the territory as a British mandate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1920-15 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

158. IOR/L/PS/10/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/761
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 8 'Mesopotamia: Situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and departmental notes relating to rebellion against British mandatory rule in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], later known as the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. The volume covers the period from the start of unrest ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1920-11 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (491 folios)

159. IOR/L/PS/10/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/762
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 9 'Mesopotamia: Control of'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the question of responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and other former Ottoman territories under some form of British control following the First World War. The papers concern a number of matt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 May 1920-29 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (40 folios)

160. IOR/L/PS/10/763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/763
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 11 'Mesopotamia: Administration. Appointment of Sir P. Cox as High Commissioner. [His Instructions, Announcement in the Press].'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts and copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to the appointment of Sir Percy Zachariah Cox as High Commissioner in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The following matters are covered within the volume: Discussion over the wording of a public announcement to be m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1920-25 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)