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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Kurdistan, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/833

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 1-4 'IRAQ: KURDISTAN'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to ‘uprisings’ and violent incidents that took place against British political and military personnel in southern and central Kurdistan, a region which was of strategic importance to the British authorities in Mesopotamia. It comprises four parts (items) as follows: IOR/L/PS/10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1919-Dec 1921
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B332
Title:
Mesopotamia: British relations with Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a document created by the Political Department in the India Office and details British relations with Kurdistan. The document charts the relationship between the two parties, including the question of future control over Kurdistan, and is split into four sections: I: Events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ). Area 8 (WESTERN KURDISTAN). (Provisional.)’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area called in the volume ‘Area 8: Western Kurdistan’. This roughly spans between Birijik [Birecik], Hogena [Huknah], Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/815
Title:
File 1450/1919 ‘Mesopotamia & Kurdistan: Geological Reports on’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and maps and geological drawings, regarding the geological examination of regions in Mesopotamia and the prospect of petroleum [oil] in these areas. Included in the volume are the following reports: ‘MESOPOTAMIA GEOLOGICAL REPOR...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1917-26 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 volume (244 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/477, ff 303-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/477, ff 303-307
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 43 of 1853, dated 18 July 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 20 May 1853. The papers relate to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1853
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/962
Title:
File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Intelligence Reports of Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [also written as Iraq in this volume], based in Baghdad, covering the period 15 November 1920 to 15 September 1921. They largely relate to: the political situation in Mesopotamia and the surrounding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1920-31 Oct 1921
Extent:
1 volume (289 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 1-2 ‘KURDISTAN SITUATION & POLICY’
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political situation in Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. This volume is separated into two parts: ‘Kurdistan: Situation.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/1) ‘Kurdistan: Policy & Future of’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/2). E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1918-4 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 volume (549 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 5-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 5-14
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 40 of 1850, dated 25 July 1850. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 15 June 1850. They consist of correspondence relating to military ope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1850
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B330
Title:
Inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs. Secretary's note: situation in Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note in which the struggle for Kurdish independence within Iraq is detailed, taking into account the occurrences of the year 1919. The document covers the following: Kurdish concerns regarding being under the control of the Armenians Kurdish appeals to the British governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/782

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/782
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 3 ‘KURDISTAN POLICY & SITUATION’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, parliamentary notes, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding the political situation in Kurdistan, but also contains correspondence from Kurdish representatives and var...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1919-4 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)