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1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/833/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/2
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 2, ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Amadia Incident’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident on 14 July 1919 in Amadia [Amadiya], central Kurdistan, during which Captain D Willey and Lieutenant Hamish MacDonald, both of the 13th Hussars, were killed by ‘local gendarmes’ (f 200) and other officers and civilians injured. The papers notably cover and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1919-19 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 item (64 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/913

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/913
Title:
File 5268/1920 PARTS 1 & 2 'IRAQ: RETURN OF BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/913/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/913/2) and contains correspondence in the form of memoranda, telegrams, notes, cypher telegrams, minutes, and reports. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the repatriation expenses of Mesopotamian [Iraqi] officers expelled...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1920-19 Sep 1921
Extent:

1 volume (217 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/76
Title:
PZ 4200/33 Complaints Regarding Destitute Iraqis in Hyderabad
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding destitute Iraqi citizens in Hyderabad, India, and costs incurred by the Government of Hyderabad in helping them reach the Iraqi Consulate in Bombay [Mumbai] in order to be repatriated back to Iraq. The file includes requests from the Government of Hydera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1933-1 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/901
Title:
Ext 691/44 'Destitute Chinese Nationals in Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding destitute Chinese citizens in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and potential British assistance in repatriating them via India. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; Government of India; British Embassy, Chungking [Chongqing].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1944-Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1198
Title:
Ext 672/47 'Santo Gionfriddo'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, telegrams, and notes between officials of the Foreign Office and the Political Resident in Persian Gulf regarding an enquiry from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome requesting the repatriation of Santo Gionfriddo, an Italian citizen who is supposedly ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1947-20 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3532
Title:
Coll 28/119 ‘Persia [Iran] Internment & repatriation of enemy nationals in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Secret correspondence concerning the internment or repatriation of enemy nationals in Persia [Iran] during the Second World War. The correspondence covers: the estimated numbers of enemy nationals in Persia, including Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Italians, Romanians, Estonians and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1942-4 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B327
Title:
Mesopotamia: Assyrian refugees at Baqubah. Note by Captain G S Reed, dated 1 July 1919
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document by Captain G S Reed which provides an overview of the history of the Assyrian Christians in Urmia and the circumstances that led to their mass exodus to Baqubah in 1918. Reed also details the difficulties of the repatriation of these refugees back to Urmia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B345
Title:
The Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written by Edwin Samuel Montagu, the Secretary of State for India, describing the situation of Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1920
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)