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IOR/L/PS/10/515
- Record Id:
- 040-000545491
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066415330.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/515
- Title:
- File 4097/1914 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; military officers appointed to civil administration'
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains requests for skilled personnel from British civil and military authorities in newly occupied territory in Iraq written between 1916 and 1920, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India. The papers primarily consist of letters from Basra or Baghdad requesting the secondment or requisition of staff to Iraq from India. The letters discuss the various roles required as well as their pay and tenure. The roles range from police superintendents to postal clerks, police officers, medical staff and a range of other military personnel.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545491 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/515 : File 4097/1914 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; military officers appointed to civil administration' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0517]/040-000545491
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (346 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019a
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 30 Jan 1916-4 Feb 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 348; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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:
- 4097/1914 Pt 3
- Arrangement:
-
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 4097 (Basra and Mesopotamia) consists of 5 files, IOR/L/PS/10/513-517. The files are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 3 comprising one file each, parts 4, 5 comprising the fourth file and parts 6, 7 comprising the fifth file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of India, 1834-1947
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 - Subjects:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Military recruitment
Personnel
Public administration - Places:
- Iraq, Middle East, Asia
