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IOR/R/15/6/33
- Record Id:
- 040-000242509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000259
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054931507.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/33
- Title:
- File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence (both letters and telegrams) between British officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses political and military updates concerning Britain's military occupation of the country and local armed resistance to it. It also mentions a proposal (that was rejected) to deport four men involved in 'the Pan Arab movement' from Mesopotamia to Muscat (folio 14).
In addition to this correspondence, it contains the following documents related to British efforts to formulate a constitution for Mesopotamia:
- Memorandum compiled by the office of the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad regarding the formulation of a constitution for Mesopotamia that includes a number of appendices including an estimated population of Mesopotamia and copies of related correspondence (folios 3-9)
- 'Summary of a report by a Committee appointed by the Civil Commissioner to submit proposals for a Constitution for Mesopotamia in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations and the published declarations of His Majesty's Government' (folios 19-21).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242492
038-000242506
040-000242509 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/22-69 : Muscat Agency, Subject files
IOR/R/15/6/31-35 : File XXV: Arabian Politics
IOR/R/15/6/33 : File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0002]/037-000242492[0005]/038-000242506[0003]/040-000242509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (43 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000259
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 11 May 1920-Dec 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- File XXV/6
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)