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6061. IOR/L/PS/18/B326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B326
Title:
Mesopotamia: land policy. Draft notification
Scope & Content:
This file contains a draft notification by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson dated 27 June 1919. The notification relates to land policy in Mesopotamia and seeks to provide 'conditions upon which permission to lease agricultural land in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia may be given t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

6062. 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)

6063. 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)

6064. IOR/L/PS/18/B329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B329
Title:
Proposed Intelligence Service for the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a draft scheme prepared by the War Office concerning a reconsideration of Britain's intelligence service in the Middle East. The memorandum includes sections covering British intelligence operations in Constantinople, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Southern Arabia and Somaliland, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

6065. IOR/L/PS/18/B330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B330
Title:
Inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs. Secretary's note: situation in Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note in which the struggle for Kurdish independence within Iraq is detailed, taking into account the occurrences of the year 1919. The document covers the following: Kurdish concerns regarding being under the control of the Armenians Kurdish appeals to the British governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

6066. IOR/L/PS/18/B331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B331
Title:
Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of a letter to the Under Secretary of State offering observations on points raised in a minute by the Secretary of State concerning Indian immigration to Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum details the role of Indian troops in the Mesopotamian Campaign, relations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

6067. IOR/L/PS/18/B332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B332
Title:
Mesopotamia: British relations with Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a document created by the Political Department in the India Office and details British relations with Kurdistan. The document charts the relationship between the two parties, including the question of future control over Kurdistan, and is split into four sections: I: Events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6068. IOR/L/PS/18/B333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B333
Title:
'Note on Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Kuwait in eight paragraphs. It provides brief details of the ruling Ibn Subah family [Āl Ṣabāḥ], including Mubarak Ibn Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ], Jabir [Jābir bin Mubārak] and Salim [Sālim bin Mubārak], and their relations with the Britain, Ibn Saud [‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

6069. IOR/L/PS/18/B334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B334
Title:
Note on Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Central Arabia in thirteen paragraphs. Details are given concerning the history of Nejd [Najd], the rise and spread of the Wahhabi movement, and the Āl Sa‘ūd family and their relations with their neighbours, including the Āl Rashīd family, the Hashemite rul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 folio

6070. IOR/L/PS/18/B335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B335
Title:
The Future Constitution of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report on the future constitution of Mesopotamia [Iraq] split into two parts: the first (folios 83-84), dated 1 November 1919, and is written by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G); and the second (folios 84 to 86), dated 3 November 1919, is written by Sir Fred...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1919
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

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