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

31. IOR/L/PS/10/774

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/774
Title:
File 5655/1918 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: Refugee Camp at Baqubah (1920 – papers)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British and French officials regarding the Christian (mostly Assyrian and Armenian) refugees in the refugee camp at Baqubah [also written Ba’qubah, Ba’quba and Baquba] in Mesopo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Dec 1919-30 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 volume (464 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/10/775/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/775/1
Title:
File 5655/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Refugee Camp at Baqubah: – Progress Reports and Parliamentary Questions'
Scope & Content:
This part contains mainly parliamentary questions, memoranda and progress reports regarding the refugee camp at Baqubah [also written Ba’qubah, Ba’quba and Baquba] in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq] during 1920. Also included are correspondence, telegrams and minute...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1919-23 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 item (165 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/10/781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 1-2 ‘KURDISTAN SITUATION & POLICY’
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political situation in Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. This volume is separated into two parts: ‘Kurdistan: Situation.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/1) ‘Kurdistan: Policy & Future of’ (IOR/L/PS/10/781/2). E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1918-4 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 volume (549 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/10/782

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/782
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 3 ‘KURDISTAN POLICY & SITUATION’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, parliamentary notes, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding the political situation in Kurdistan, but also contains correspondence from Kurdish representatives and var...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1919-4 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/10/805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/805
Title:
File 788/1919 Pt 3-4 ‘Mesopotamia: Disposal of Rivercraft (1920/21)’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains material relating to the disposal of river craft in Mesopotamia from December 1919 to January 1921. The volume is separated into two parts: Part 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Disposal of River Craft’ (IOR/L/PS/10/805/1) Part 4 ‘MESOPOTAMIA DISPOSAL OF RIVERCRAFT’(IOR/L/PS/10/805/2). Each...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1919-6 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (584 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/10/812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/812
Title:
File 1091/1919 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Roads: - The Khanikin-Hamadan-Enzeli Road'
Scope & Content:
This volume is comprised of two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/812/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/812/2) on the construction and operation of the Khanikin [Khanaqin]-Hamadan-Enzeli [Anzali] Road, British Government expenditures toward its maintenance, and the desire of Richards, Thynne & Company Limited [Richards, T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1919-15 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (168 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/10/815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/815
Title:
File 1450/1919 ‘Mesopotamia & Kurdistan: Geological Reports on’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and maps and geological drawings, regarding the geological examination of regions in Mesopotamia and the prospect of petroleum [oil] in these areas. Included in the volume are the following reports: ‘MESOPOTAMIA GEOLOGICAL REPOR...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1917-26 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 volume (244 folios)

38. 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)

39. 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)

40. 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)