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IOR/L/PS/12/2899
- Record Id:
- 040-000557935
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557879
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001ba
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048912335.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2899
- Title:
- Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intelligence duties in Iraq.
The papers largely consist of the following correspondence:
- Correspondence between the India Office and the Viceroy of India, the Government of India External Affairs Department and Defence Department, and the War Office.
- India Office internal notes.
- Copy correspondence between the War Office, the Commander-in-Chief of India, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East.
- Copy correspondence between the HM Ambassador to Iraq at Baghdad (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), and the Foreign Office (including a letter to Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs).
- 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
040-000557935 - 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/12/2899 : Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0018]/037-000557879[0056]/040-000557935
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (92 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001ba
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; 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 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 17/37
- 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)