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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902
Title:
Political (External) Collection 17: Iraq
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files mainly relating to the administration of Iraq, relations between Iraq and the United Kingdom, and relations between Iraq and neighbouring states and other nations, during the period of the British Mandate (1921-1932), independence (1932-1941), and the subsequent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1921-1948
Extent:

46 files and 12 volumes (15,176 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/24
Title:
File 664/1904 'Turkish Arabia: Status of British Protected Persons'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/212
Title:
File 211/1912 'Turkish Arabia Summaries'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a monthly report Summary of events in Turkish Iraq for the period November 1911 to July 1914. Some reports cover more than one month. Each report was prepared by the Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and Consul General at Baghdad. The reports cover a wide range of politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1911-Jul 1914
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C143
Title:
‘PERSONALITIES - ‘IRAQ’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Personalities, ‘Iraq, and is a British intelligence report, compiled around 1917 by the Arab Bureau, Basrah [Basra] Branch, on prominent individuals in Iraq at that time (the Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department established in 1916). The report wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1917
Extent:

1 volume (51 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1071
Title:
File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of negotiation and the creation of the Anglo-Iraqi treaty. The papers notably cover: Negotiations, alterations, and presentations of the Treaty itself between Iraq and British Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1922-8 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (731 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/221
Title:
Personalities. 'Iràq (Exclusive of Baghdad and Kàdhimain), 1919
Scope & Content:
The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Iraq, often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, command of armed forces, and attitudes towards European and regional powers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C210
Title:
'Bolshevik Intrigue in Persia since October 1922'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a report produced for the Inter-Departmental Committee on Eastern Unrest, which includes intelligence covering the period October 1922 to March 1923. It provides an overview of Russian-Persian relations and of changes made to Russian official representation at Tabriz, Tehran, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C211
Title:
'Pan-Islamic and Turkish propaganda etc. in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a report on information obtained by the British since October 1922 regarding Turkish efforts to spread Pan-Islamic, pro-Turkish, and anti-British propaganda in Iraq and Persia. This includes information on Turco-Persian relations.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)