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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Irrigation

1. IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 257-275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 257-275
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 87 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosure is dated 26 August 1847. The primary document is a despatch from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1847
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/40
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 1 'Mohammerah: Karun Irrigation Scheme.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, despatches, memorandum, notes, and reports on the Karun irrigation scheme, including many diagrams of the construction and layout. The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and representatives of the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/41/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/41/2
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 3 ‘Mohammerah: Kherkha River Irrigation Scheme’
Scope & Content:
The part contains papers related to proposals for irrigation schemes. This includes a proposal that the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] should be supported by the British Government in a bid to obtain a concession for an irrigation scheme on the Karun River Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1909-12 Sep 1910
Extent:

1 item (126 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/87
Title:
File 3131/1905 'Mesopotamia:- Irrigation.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, despatches, a memorandum, notes and reports on a scheme devised by Sir William Willcocks for irrigation in Mesopotamia. It also includes a number of reports about the effect of the Baghdad railway both on relations with Persia and on the defence of India. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1910
Extent:
1 volume (214 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/749
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia Sir J. Hewett’s Mission’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, reports, and minutes. The correspondence is mainly about the mission of John Hewett’s [also spelled in the volume as Hewitt] to Mesopotamia. On behalf of the War Office, the mission is to examine and report to the Army Council...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1918-27 Nov 1919
Extent:

1 volume (134 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/750
Title:
File 3156/1918 Pt 2 ‘Mesopotamia – Administration; Public and Questions in Parliament (1919) Articles in “Times” – Sir G. Buchanan’s criticisms. Publication of Sir J. Hewett’s report as dementi [sic] Bagdad criticisms of Sir J. Hewett’s Report’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, Parliamentary notices and articles from The Times newspaper. The correspondence is related to the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Sir John Hewett’s report on the topic. The volume contains two copies of Hewett’s report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1919-18 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/821/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/9
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 9 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of HILLAH Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Councill at Hillah, as well as observations on circumstances relating to the attempted Revolution of 1920, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise India Office Political Department ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1920-16 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/821/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/11
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 11 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of KUT Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Kut, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department memorandum and enclosure in print and typescript, notably covering: The description of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1920-11 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/821/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/12
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 12 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of SAMARRA Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Samarra, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department memorandum and enclosure in print and typescript, notably covering: Relative expense...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1920-26 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/897A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/897A
Title:
File 4330/1920 Revenue Secretariat Baghdad ‘Monthly Reports of Political Officers of the Occupied Territories. January 1920’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of January 1920. It includes: Reports from divisional political officers for the following divisions: Arbil [Erbil] and Rawandu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1920-2 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (189 folios)