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1. IOR/L/PS/10/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/556
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 2 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia and Persia: oil; Sir J Cowan's deputation & Standard Oil Co.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to oil exploration and the acquisition of oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (and to a lesser degree, Persia [Iran]) by oil companies. The companies involved are: the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC); the Shell Transport Company (STC, also referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:

1 volume (294 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/759
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Administration - Future Constitution'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to the administration of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq, sometimes referred to as Irak in this volume] following the decision by the League of Nations to assign the territory as a British mandate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1920-15 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/761
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 8 'Mesopotamia: Situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and departmental notes relating to rebellion against British mandatory rule in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], later known as the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. The volume covers the period from the start of unrest ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1920-11 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (491 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/839

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/839
Title:
File 3467/1919 'MESOPOTAMIA POLICE REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains weekly police reports from the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Baghdad, covering events in Iraq [sometimes referred to in the volume as Mesopotamia] under British occupation in 1919-20, including during the Iraqi Revolt. The reports contain intelligence about the movements ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1919-4 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (639 folios)