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IOR/L/PS/10/620
- Record Id:
- 040-000545683
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000203
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100148913299.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/620
- Title:
- File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
- Scope & Content:
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This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notifications from the British occupation forces, descriptions of rivers, agriculture and land revenue, and tribes.
The papers notably include the following:
- Monthly reports of political officers in Iraq
- British occupation forces proclamations and notifications on a wide range of topics
- General circulars of the British occupation forces.
Notable items include the following:
- Extracts from the German Official Handbook on Mesopotamia published in Berlin, October 1917 (ff 650-660)
- English translations of Turkish [Ottoman] laws (ff 594-602)
- Notification (in English and Arabic) of the 1919 Baghdad Penal Code
- Monthly reports of political officers of the Occupied Territories, January 1919
- Statements in Arabic from various communities containing their views on self-determination (ff 462-485)
- A compilation of proclamations and notices relating to civil administration and the inhabitants of the Baghdad Wilayet [Vilayet], 22 December 1916-31 December 1918, Office of the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 410-460)
- Notes on the characters of tribes (and their shaikhs) of the Qalat Sikar [ Qalʻat Sukkar] District, 1919 (ff 388-391)
- Notes on Kurdish tribes (located on and beyond the borders of the Mosul Vilayet and westwards to the Euphrates) compiled in the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, July 1919 (ff 195-228)
- Handbook entitled Tapu (Turkish ‘title deed’ or ‘proof of ownership’ certificate) Office Procedure in dealing with mülk (a form of Ottoman land tenure similar to freehold or private land)
- Western affluents of the Euphrates River and Wadi Hauran (ff 77-88).
Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, Baghdad; High Commissioner, Cairo; HM Minister, Tehran; Controller of War Accounts, Simla; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Karachi; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Bombay [Mumbai].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545683 - 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/10/620 : File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0622]/040-000545683
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (663 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000203
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 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 663; 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, intermittent foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-660; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- P 3540/1916
- Arrangement:
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The papers in the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3540 (Mesopotamia: miscellaneous papers) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/617-622. The volumes are divided into six parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)