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6011. IOR/L/PS/18/B257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B257
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee
Scope & Content:
Table giving abstracts of proposals made by the War Cabinet, with comments on those proposals by Sir Percy Zachariah Cox and the Government of India. The proposals include: Occupied territories being administered by His Majesty's Government, instead of the Government of India Basra to remain un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:

2 folios

6012. IOR/L/PS/18/B259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B259
Title:
Correspondence between Britain, France and Russia in regards to Arabia
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, in English and French, between M Sazanof, Ministre des Affaires Étrangeres (Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs); Maurice Paléologue, Ambassadeur de France en Russie (French Ambassador to Russia); Paul Cambon (French Amabassador to the United Kingdom); and Sir Edward Gray, Secre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:

10 folios

6013. IOR/L/PS/18/B260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B260
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Note by Sir James Meston, KCSI, on the future system of government at Baghdad.
Scope & Content:
In this note, Sir James Meston, the Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, contests the idea that Baghdad should be brought under British control in any way. Meston warns that trying to control the area, particularly any Holy Places, would likely offend the Muslim populati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1917
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

6014. IOR/L/PS/18/B261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B261
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Sir P Cox's position.
Scope & Content:
This collection of telegrams relate to the professional differences between Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Chief Political Officer, and General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. In the telegrams, Cox requests to be given more influence in his role or to be released from his duties. The b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917-Jun 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6015. IOR/L/PS/18/B262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B262
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Position of Chief Political Officer (Sir Percy Cox).
Scope & Content:
This document contains various extracts of telegrams of correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and General Maude, regarding a possible change to Cox's professional position as requested by him. The changes to C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6016. IOR/L/PS/18/B264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B264
Title:
Aden. The political situation in the hinterland.
Scope & Content:
This document describes the current political situation in Aden as a result of the fact that Turkish [Ottoman] troops have been allowed to take control of various parts of the Protectorate at various points over the previous two years. The India Office believes that a greater show of strength is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

6017. IOR/L/PS/18/B267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B267
Title:
Memorandum on Intellectual and Political Forces in the Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was prepared by the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department in January 1917 and aimed to give 'an inner view of the intellectual and political forces which are predominant in the Ottoman Empire.' It consists of four main sections: A. 'German influence in Turkey' (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

6018. IOR/L/PS/18/B268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B268
Title:
Employment of Japanese Troops in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum addressed to the War Cabinet by the Political Department of the India Office on the question of the employment of Japanese troops in Mesopotamia. It summarises the Government of India's views given in a telegram dated 21 November 1917, with military and politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1917-18 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6019. IOR/L/PS/18/B272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B272
Title:
Middle East Committee. Note prepared for meeting of 12th January 1918. Sir M. Sykes's memorandum on the Palestine and West Arabian situation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, India Office) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6020. IOR/L/PS/18/B273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B273
Title:
Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia: British Engagements as to future Status
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report by the Political Department, India Office, dated 30 January 1918, concerning British engagements as to the future status of Mesopotamia. It is divided into two sections containing extracts from various correspondence and sources. The first section concerns ple...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

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