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IOR/L/MIL/5/802
- Record Id:
- 040-000340689
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002fc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091473370.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/802
- Title:
- Draft report of the Committee on Mesopotamia
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains a draft report from the War Office Committee on Mesopotamia [Iraq], chaired by Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, Adjutant-General to the Forces. The report considers the establishment of an Imperial Mesopotamian Police or the raising of ‘troops for special permanent service’ to ensure the security of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia in the wake of the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. The report includes several War Office memoranda containing background information, plans for specific scenarios, and estimates for numbers of troops or military police required.
A ‘Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia’ is attached to the report (folio 39) showing the distribution of British troops and military police in Mesopotamia [IOR/L/MIL/5/802, f 39].
- 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
040-000340689 - 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/5/802 : Draft report of the Committee on Mesopotamia - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/5/802, f 39 : Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/5/802 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0133]/040-000340689
- 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_100098490416.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1921
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 16 Jan 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)