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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/10/833/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/4
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: The Telafar Outrage’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to an attack on the town of Telafar [Tell Afar; also spelled Tal Afar in the item] in early June 1919, allegedly by members of the Shammar Jarba tribe, which resulted in the killing of all Government officials there including: Major J E Barlow, the Political Officer; Lieutenant ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1920-17 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/833/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/2
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 2, ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Amadia Incident’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident on 14 July 1919 in Amadia [Amadiya], central Kurdistan, during which Captain D Willey and Lieutenant Hamish MacDonald, both of the 13th Hussars, were killed by ‘local gendarmes’ (f 200) and other officers and civilians injured. The papers notably cover and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1919-19 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 item (64 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/833/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/3
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA KURDISTAN The AQRAH Incident: Murder of Messrs Bill & Scott’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident during which two individuals, J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, and Captain K R Scott, 31st Punjabis, Indian Army, Assistant Political Officer, Aqrah [also spelled Akra and Aqra in this item], were killed ‘near Birza Kapra in Zab Val...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 item (86 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/833/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/1
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Suleimanieh Outbreak’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the seizure of the ‘reins of government’ (f 283) in Suleimaniyeh [As Sulaymaniyah, also spelled Suleman Iyeh in this item], south Kurdistan, 25 May 1919, during an uprising led by Sheikh Mahmud [Shaikh Maḥmūd Barzanjī], and British military operations leading to the British M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1919-22 Dec 1921
Extent:
1 item (78 folios)