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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Colonial administration Name Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1917-1920

1. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 1-13 ‘MESPOT:- DIVL. & MUNICPL. COUNCILS.’
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to negotiations surrounding the formation of new administrative districts and the composition of ruling authorities, divided into either municipal or divisional councils, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Discussions follow on from the capitulatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1918-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/869
Title:
File 6665/1919 Pts 2, 4, 5 and 6 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: FINANCE’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the financial affairs of the British administration in Mesopotamia. It consists of the following four parts: Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/869/1, located at ff 398-434) Part 4 (IOR/L/PS/10/869/2, located at ff 280-397) Part 5 (IOR/L/PS/10/869/3, located at ff 121-27...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1920
Extent:

1 volume (434 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B284
Title:
Eastern Committee. The future of Mesopotamia. (Note by Sir Percy Cox.)
Scope & Content:
This note was written by Major-General Percy Zachariah Cox in April 1918 in his capacity as Civil Commissioner, Baghdad. It consists of two main parts. The first part deals with the premises for British policy, namely, the proclamation issued on British arrival in Baghdad, that they had come to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B289
Title:
'Administration of Mesopotamia. Fortnightly Report by the Civil Commissioner, No. 17 (1st - 15th July [1918])
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a fortnightly administrative report (No 17) submitted by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, covering the period 1 to 15 July 1918. The report is split into four sections: (I) Administrative, which includes District Organisation, Revenue Board, Irrigat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

3 folios

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B323
Title:
Note on future arrangements for the disposal of official business relating to Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Palestine, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed report is a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner at Baghdad, dated 30 March 1919, and circulated by Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India on 14 April 1919. It consists of four possible options for future arrangements for the disposal in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)