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IOR/L/MIL/5/770
- Record Id:
- 040-000340651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002dc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100094508777.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/770
- Title:
- Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises the Minutes of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee held between May and July 1917.
The minutes consider the administrative structure in post-war Mesopotamia and staffing of the High Commission. It also considers British and French positions and interests as well as the position of other allies such as Italy and Russia. The correspondence discuss the proposals for an Arab state and how it could be aligned with British interests. The formation of an Arab Legion military force features in a note by Sir Mark Sykes with commentary by the Foreign Office and Sir Ronald Wingate (ff 22-31).
Correspondents include Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs, Sir Mark Sykes, and Sir Percy Zachariah Cox.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000306786
037-000340300
040-000340651 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/5 : Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MIL/5/441-1076 : Military Miscellaneous Series
IOR/L/MIL/5/770 : Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0111]/040-000340651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (39 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002dc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 5 May 1917-6 July 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional typed mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present between ff 3-38.
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)