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IOR/L/PS/12/712
- Record Id:
- 040-000555715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000291
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/712
- Title:
- Ext 2401/42 'Middle East: recruitment of RAF levies'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the RAF (Royal Air Force) Headquarters in the Middle East, the Minister of State in Cairo, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the British Envoy in Baghdad, and discusses the recruitment of 130,000 units for the RAF in Iraq, Persia, Syria, and among the Persian Gulf States.
In Iraq the levies were recruited mostly among the Armenian, Assyrian Kurd, Yazidi and Arab minorities.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555715 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/712 : Ext 2401/42 'Middle East: recruitment of RAF levies' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0718]/040-000555715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (52 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000291
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 19 Apr 1942-29 Jul 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Ext 2401/1942
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Foreign Office, 1782-1968
HM Ambassador to Egypt, 1786-
HM Ambassador to Iraq, 1932-
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971
RAF Headquarters in the Middle East, 1917-1945 - Subjects:
- Armenians
Assyrians
Kurds
Military recruitment
Minority groups
Second World War (1939-1945)
Yazidi
