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

11. IOR/L/PS/10/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/619
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the period February 1916 to August 1919 covering topics such as criminal procedure regulations, proclamations and notices...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1916 - 25 Aug 1919
Extent:
1 volume (741 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/620
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notific...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 volume (663 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/621
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1919-9 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (493 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/622
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period of June-August 1920. Topics covered include political developments in specific regio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1920 - 22 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 volume (872 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/635
Title:
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/666
Title:
File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between the India Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1917-8 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 volume (195 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/10/667

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/667
Title:
File 978/1917 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia and Persia: occupation of Baghdad; protection of holy places'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the protection of Shiah Holy Places and Persian subjects by the British Government after the occupation of Mesopotamia during the First World War. Related matters of discussion include the following: the situation in d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917-2 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 volume (199 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/10/670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/670
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the temporary administration of Baghdad Vilayet [province] and the question of the type of postage stamps to be used for the civil post office at Baghdad during the British occupation. The correspondence is partic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
26 Mar 1915-18 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (274 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/10/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 2-5 ‘Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda and telegrams related to the supply of overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia/Iraq. The main issues discussed in the volume are the following: The question of whether to continue using the overprinted Turkish stamps after the declar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1917-2 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (344 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/10/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/686
Title:
File 2571/1917 'MESOPOTAMIA: FUTURE ADMINISTRATION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises memoranda, notes, telegrams, correspondence and minutes, relating to the British Government’s policy on the future administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Selected papers of the War Cabinet’s Mesopotamia Administration Committee, and its successors the Middle East Committee an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-10 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (185 folios)