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IOR/L/PS/12/2894
- Record Id:
- 040-000557930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557879
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001b5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054959606.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2894
- Title:
- Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies:
- Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications.
- Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department.
- Two Heads of Section and ten Surveyors to be recruited through the Surveyor General of India.
- Judges.
- Director-General of Railways.
- Deputy Director-General of Railways.
- Assistant Engineer for the Iraqi Railways.
- Financial Adviser for the Ministry of Finance.
- Director of the Port of Basra.
- Two experts to carry out a comprehensive survey of Iraq’s mineral resources.
- Expert in criminal investigation.
- Chief Surveyor for major irrigation schemes.
- Forestry expert.
The correspondence largely consists of India Office internal notes, and correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: the India Office and the Foreign Office; the India Office and the Government of India External Affairs Department; and the Foreign Office and HM Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis).
The file includes a copy of the Government of Iraq ‘Form of Contract for Foreign Officials’ which is printed in both English and Arabic (folios 187 to 194).
The file includes two dividers, which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557879
040-000557930 - 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/12/2845-2902 : Political (External) Collection 17: Iraq
IOR/L/PS/12/2894 : Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0018]/037-000557879[0051]/040-000557930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (292 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001b5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 12 Apr 1937-19 Apr 1945
- 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 last folio with 297; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-297; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 17/31
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)