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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B290
Title:
Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 21 Oct 1918, concerning the British administration of Mesopotamia, the status of the vilayets of Basra and Baghdad, and the establishment of a commission from London to research administrative pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

2 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B283
Title:
Eastern Committee. Mesopotamia: Civil Administration
Scope & Content:
This printed report, compiled by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the Political Department, India Office, for the Eastern Committee, concerns the civil administration of Mesopotamia between 15 November 1917 and 15 January 1918. It consists of summaries of the first five periodical administrative report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 volume (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B246
Title:
'FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF MESOPOTAMIA'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of: Extract from Lord Chelmsford (Frederick John Napier Thesiger)'s private letter of 18 October 1916: regarding the Government of India's existing responsibilities in relation to Mesopotamia; the likelihood of those responsibilities increasing; whether it might be possible to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B462
Title:
Aden. Brief for Secretary of State
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a brief for the Secretary of State, Sir Samuel Hoare, concerning the transfer of administration of Aden from the control of the Government of India to the Home Government in light of impending constitutional changes in India. Sections include: History; Population; Rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938?
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B328
Title:
Mesopotamia. Administrative Record during British Occupation
Scope & Content:
This is a memorandum prepared by the Political Department of the India Office concerning the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] during British occupation. The memorandum includes the following sections and subsections: Introductory, Military Situation, Early Administrative Problems, Machinery o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B351
Title:
Mesopotamia. Jurisdiction over Foreigners
Scope & Content:
This is a printed report by Sir Edgar Bonham Carter, Judicial Secretary, Baghdad, concerning the legal jurisdiction over foreigners in Mesopotamia. The report includes details of various schemes, including: 'Scheme to vest in the ordinary Courts jurisdiction to hear all cases in which Foreigners...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B291
Title:
Political Service in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, dated 25 October 1918, is a note by the India Office concerning a War Office memorandum of 21 October 1918 (E.C. 2042). It concerns political service in the Middle East in the context of the First World War and defines responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1918
Extent:

5 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B346
Title:
Mesopotamia. Proposed Constitution: Telegraphic Correspondence with Baghdad
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, dated July 1920, contains a series of reprinted telegrams in a single collection for the purposes of facilitating the discussions with Sir Percy Zachariah Cox on the proposed constitution for Mesopotamia [Iraq]. It is noted that the series is not complete, but contains al...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1920
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)