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IOR/L/PS/10/751
- Record Id:
- 040-000545915
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000285
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152833941.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/751
- Title:
- File 3156/1918 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: Administration- [Past, Present & Future] Parliamentary Questions & Public Criticism 1920’
- Scope & Content:
- The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports, minutes, Parliamentary notices and extracts from Hansard and from The Times newspaper. The correspondence is mainly related to Parliamentary questions, addressed to the Prime Minister or to the Secretary of State for India, and their answers, on the topic of the civil and military administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The main Parliamentary questions debated in the volume are the following:
- The form of civil administration to be set up in Mesopotamia, and the department of Government to be responsible for that
- The number of British and Indian troops stationed in Mesopotamia, and how many of the Indian officers are Muslims and how many are non-Muslims
- The extent to which the revenues of Mesopotamia are meeting the expenditure
- The future of the oil and mineral resources of Mesopotamia
- The question of choosing an Arab king or an Arab head of state in Mesopotamia
- The political and military situation in bordering areas such as Syria and Palestine
- The future of the Kurdish people in the mountains in north Mesopotamia, and the Arab tribes
- The possibility of Mesopotamia becoming ‘Indianised’ by planting military colonies particularly in Basra
- The need to conclude a treaty of peace with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- The cost of the civil administration and the revenue collected in Mesopotamia in the year 1919-20, and the budget estimates for the financial year 1920-21
- The progress being made in the drafting of the organic law.
- ‘PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, 25TH JUNE, 1920. Vol. 40.-No. 50. OFFICIAL REPORT. [UNREVISED]’ covering the question of Mesopotamia and several bills advanced, mainly private bills and official secrets bill (folios 130-145)
- ‘PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. HOUSE OF LORDS. WEDNESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 1920. Vol. 42.-No. 83. OFFICIAL REPORT. [UNREVISED]’ covering two main topics: cathedrals and churches, and national expenditure (folios 12-24).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545915 - 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/10/751 : File 3156/1918 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: Administration- [Past, Present & Future] Parliamentary Questions & Public… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0752]/040-000545915
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (217 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000285
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 11 Feb 1920-4 Dec 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 214; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The foliation sequence includes one foliation anomaly: f 103a.
- Former External References:
- P 3156/1918 Pt 3
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3156 (Mesopotamia) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/749-752. The volumes are divided into four parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)