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271. IOR/L/PS/18/B290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B290
Title:
Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 21 Oct 1918, concerning the British administration of Mesopotamia, the status of the vilayets of Basra and Baghdad, and the establishment of a commission from London to research administrative pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

2 folios

272. IOR/L/PS/18/B291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B291
Title:
Political Service in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, dated 25 October 1918, is a note by the India Office concerning a War Office memorandum of 21 October 1918 (E.C. 2042). It concerns political service in the Middle East in the context of the First World War and defines responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1918
Extent:

5 folios

273. IOR/L/PS/18/B294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B294
Title:
Disposal of conquered territories [Mesopotamia and German East Africa]. Note by India Office
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum comprising of a note by the India Office, dated 28 October 1918, concerning the disposal of conquered territories in relation to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and German East Africa [modern-day Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

274. IOR/L/PS/18/B297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B297
Title:
Policy in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

275. IOR/L/PS/18/B299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B299
Title:
'B 299. Mesopotamia. Note on Demobilisation by Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.'
Scope & Content:
Note on demobilisation by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (enclosed in letter to the India Office, No 20517, dated 28 September 1918). The note gives details on the two areas that demobilisation would need to cover, namely the repatriation of the fighting force and the transfe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1918
Extent:

4 folios

276. IOR/L/PS/18/B304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B304
Title:
British Desiderata in Regard to the Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
This confidential memorandum, signed R V, concerns Britain's policy with regards to the Baghdad Railway following the occupation of the Mesopotamia. The memorandum details two variant policies: (1) regarding the Railway not as private property, but as a Turkish State railway, and that all its ass...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918?
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

277. IOR/L/PS/18/B315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B315
Title:
Mesopotamia: civil administration
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document by Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh, the Secretary for the Political Department in the India Office, discussing the problems with retaining civil service staff during the period of transition in Mesopotamia from Ottoman to British rule. Recommendations are offered at th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

278. IOR/L/PS/18/B317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B317
Title:
Mesopotamia: Future Constitution
Scope & Content:
This printed report consists of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, dated 6 April 1919, to the Secretary of State for India, concerning the future constitution of Mesopotamia. There are also fifteen enclosures, some accompanied by appendices. These ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

279. IOR/L/PS/18/B318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B318
Title:
Mesopotamia: disposal of rivercraft
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which outlines the results of an inter-departmental conference held at the India Office in April 1919 to discuss the question of the disposal of surplus river craft in Mesopotamia which are no longer needed by the military.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

280. IOR/L/PS/18/B319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B319
Title:
Mesopotamia: customs tariff
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Louis Mallet, British Ambassador at Constantinople, to Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary for the Political Department of the India Office, dated 15 April 1919. It also contains a memorandum by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, the Civil Commissioner i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15-16 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

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