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IOR/L/PS/10/1071
- Record Id:
- 040-000546500
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0003c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100160444739.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/1071
- Title:
- File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of negotiation and the creation of the Anglo-Iraqi treaty.
The papers notably cover:
- Negotiations, alterations, and presentations of the Treaty itself between Iraq and British Government officials
- The duration of the Treaty
- The liability for the cost of alternative accommodation for the Royal Air Force, and the leasing of sites for an air base in Basra
- The financial agreement between the British Government and the Iraqi Government
- Instructions to the High Commissioner for Iraq, detailing the principles of his role and his relations with the Government of Iraq
- British Civil Service regulations in Iraq
- Iraqi railway management and administration.
The volume contains documents such as:
- A pamphlet on Iraq’s Nationality Law, dated October 1924 (ff 610-611)
- ‘Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak regarding the duration of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak of October 10, 1922’. Treaty Series No. 10 (1926) (ff 599-600)
- Memorandum on policy in Iraq by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated November 1929 (ff 560-561)
- Draft records of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 (ff 430-440, ff 406-409, ff 379-386, ff 370-378, ff 361-369, ff 331-339, ff 293-298, ff 264-279, ff 170-184 and ff 154-169)
- Draft copy of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930) (ff 124-135)
- Complete record of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 and concerning the proposed new Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (ff 27-56) Copy of an article from the Baghdad Arabic newspaper Al Bilad, dated Monday 21 July 1930, written by Mahmoud Ramiz Beg [Maḥmūd Rāmiz Beg], and entitled ‘The People’s Opinion Concerning The Treaty’ (ff 10-13).
The principal correspondents are as follows: Henry Dobbs, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India; Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Acting High Commissioner in Iraq; the Air Ministry.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546500 - 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/10/1071 : File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[1074]/040-000546500
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (731 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0003c7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- 1 Jun 1922-8 Jan 1931
- 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 731; 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 has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- P 2325/1922
- Arrangement:
- The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)