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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Irrigation Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/778

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/778
Title:
Mesopotamia. Local Resources.
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the administration of local resources in Mesopotamia by the British military authorities, 1917-19. The main correspondents are: the War Office; Commander-in-Chief (C in C), India; and General Officer Commanding (GOC), Mesopotamia. Subjects c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-27 Jul 1919
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART II. (From 16th to 31st August 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
Title:
Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India. The volume is divided into the following chapters: I. History. II. Geography. III. Populat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (169 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53
Title:
Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
Scope & Content:
The volume is Sir George Buchanan KCIE: Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1917). The report contains preliminary remarks, and sections on: Mesopotamia as it was; Mesopotamia as it is; Reaso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (23 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55
Title:
‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a report that was prepared for the Army Council by Sir John Prescott Hewett on the administration and finance of irrigation and agriculture schemes in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The report is divided into three main sections: The Scheme for Agricultural Development in 1918. Agric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/750
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 2 ‘Mesopotamia – Administration; Public and Questions in Parliament (1919) Articles in “Times” – Sir G. Buchanan’s criticisms. Publication of Sir J. Hewett’s report as dementi [sic] Bagdad criticisms of Sir J. Hewett’s Report’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, Parliamentary notices and articles from The Times newspaper. The correspondence is related to the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Sir John Hewett’s report on the topic. The volume contains two copies of Hewett’s report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1919-18 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35
Title:
‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)