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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/18/B3

51. 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)

52. 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)

53. 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)

54. 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)

55. 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

56. 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)

57. IOR/L/PS/18/B336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B336
Title:
Mesopotamia. Present Political Situation
Scope & Content:
This is printed memorandum is a report by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G), dated 28 October 1919, concerning an appreciation of the present situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] following complaints by Izzet Pasha of Damscus and others about British administration there. The report provides a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/18/B337

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B337
Title:
Despatch from Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, to Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
This printed report contains a despatch (No 344436/75/19) from Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia at Baghdad, to Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India, dated 15 November 1919, enclosing a note by Miss Gertrude Lowthian Bell, Oriental Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1919
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

59. IOR/L/PS/18/B338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B338
Title:
Ordinance
Scope & Content:
This file consists of an ordinance which was intended to be named 'The Transfer of Land Ordinance, 1919' and relates to immovable property transactions in Mesopotamia. Included with the ordinance are notes by the following individuals: Chaim Weizmann, President of the British Zionist Federation; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919-Dec 1919
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/18/B339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B339
Title:
Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)