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IOR/L/PS/10/516
- Record Id:
- 040-000545492
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054604590.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/516
- Title:
- File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia'
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains papers relating to the assignment of new staff to the administration of Mesopotamia or Iraq upon its occupation during the First World War. The majority of the papers contain correspondence between the Offices of the Civil Commissioner in Cairo and Baghdad, and the Offices of the Secretary of State for India, and discuss the possible assignment of British staff from Sudan or Egypt to Iraq.
Of note are particular letters penned by Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sir Edgar Bonham Carter, and to Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545492 - 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/10/516 : File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/516/1 : File 4097/1914 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; miscellaneous general questions re allowances, leave etc'
IOR/L/PS/10/516/2 : File 4097/1914 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; loan of officers from Egypt and Sudan'
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/516 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0518]/040-000545492
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (335 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019b
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 20 May 1916-25 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 335; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 105-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- 4097/1914 Pt 4-5
- Arrangement:
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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.
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)