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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Public administration Place Iraq, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/513
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 1 'Basra administration'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the civil administration of Basra and its environs after its takeover by British forces during the First World War, such as the city's police force. Other topics covered in the papers include the importation of Indian Staff for the new administration, the sup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 file 281 (folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/514
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between administrators in British-occupied Basra, and the Government of India relating to obtaining new civil staff for British-occupied territory in Iraq. This includes requests to obtain political officers as well as senior civil engineers required during the i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1915-8 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 file (177 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/515

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/515
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; military officers appointed to civil administration'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains requests for skilled personnel from British civil and military authorities in newly occupied territory in Iraq written between 1916 and 1920, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India. The papers primarily consist of letters from Basra or Bagh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1916-4 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 volume (346 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/516
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the assignment of new staff to the administration of Mesopotamia or Iraq upon its occupation during the First World War. The majority of the papers contain correspondence between the Offices of the Civil Commissioner in Cairo and Baghdad, and the Offices of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1916-25 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/517

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/517
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 6-7 'Mesopotamia'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the assignment of new staff to the administration of Mesopotamia or Iraq upon its occupation during the First World War. The majority of the papers contain correspondence between British civil commissioners in Cairo or Baghdad and discuss the possible assignm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1917-19 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 file (348 folios)