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IOR/L/PS/10/756
- Record Id:
- 040-000545922
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108850881.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/756
- Title:
- File 4722/1918 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: SITUATION’
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of and situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the Agreement of 1916 between the French and British governments and the self-determination of Mesopotamia.
The papers notably cover:
- The argument for establishing Mesopotamia as a British Protectorate
- Description of the general situation in Mesopotamia
- Relations between British officers and those in Mesopotamia
- Resolution on Mesopotamia, Mosul, Baghdad and Basra
- The statutes for the independence of Iraq (ff 127-130)
- Conversations regarding self-determination in Mesopotamia
- Mention of British troops movements in Mesopotamia
- Military reports regarding disturbances around Mesopotamia.
The principal correspondents are: Political Department, India Office, London; Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; Military Governor, Baghdad; Military Department, India Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545922 - 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/10/756 : File 4722/1918 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: SITUATION’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0757]/040-000545922
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (256 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028a
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 17 May 1919-6 Aug 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional intermittent foliation sequences are also present between ff 15-256 and ff 32-57; 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 196a.
- Former External References:
- P 4722/1918 Pt 2
- Arrangement:
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 4722 (Mesopotamia) consists of ten volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/755-764. The volumes are divided into twelve parts, with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 comprising one volume each. Part 10 is missing. Part 7, entitled ‘Mesopotamia: Sir A. Wilson’s invitation to Syrian Baghdadis’, was transferred to File 5268/20 Parts 1 and 2 (see IOR/L/PS/10/913).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)