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6031. IOR/L/PS/18/B289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B289
Title:
'Administration of Mesopotamia. Fortnightly Report by the Civil Commissioner, No. 17 (1st - 15th July [1918])
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a fortnightly administrative report (No 17) submitted by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, covering the period 1 to 15 July 1918. The report is split into four sections: (I) Administrative, which includes District Organisation, Revenue Board, Irrigat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

3 folios

6032. 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

6033. 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

6034. IOR/L/PS/18/B292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B292
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum outlining British commitments made to King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] compiled by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum is split into seven sections as follows: 'General Guarantees against the Restoration of the status q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

10 folios

6035. IOR/L/PS/18/B293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B293
Title:
Memorandum on British commitments to the Idrisi
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia [Saiyid Muhammad-bin-Ali-al-Idrīsi]. It contains quotes from correspondence by the Political Resident at Aden, the India Office...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918?
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6036. IOR/L/PS/18/B293A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B293A
Title:
Memorandum on supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi regarding the Farsan Islands
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia [Saiyid Muhammad-bin-Ali-al-Idrīsi] regarding the Farsan Islands [Farasān, Jazā'ir] and the treaty of 30 April 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6037. IOR/L/PS/18/B294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B294
Title:
Disposal of conquered territories [Mesopotamia and German East Africa]. Note by India Office
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum comprising of a note by the India Office, dated 28 October 1918, concerning the disposal of conquered territories in relation to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and German East Africa [modern-day Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

6038. IOR/L/PS/18/B295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B295
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum gives an overview of British and Turkish r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

8 folios

6039. IOR/L/PS/18/B297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B297
Title:
Policy in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

6040. IOR/L/PS/18/B298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B298
Title:
'Settlement of Turkey and Arabian Peninsula. Note by India Office on Foreign Office memorandum'.
Scope & Content:
The note was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel for the India Office, 30 Nov 1918, and consists of remarks on three points drawn out from the Foreign Office memorandum: The Trucial System - disputing the assumptions made in the original memo that Great Britain effectively kept the peace over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

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