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IOR/L/PS/18/B245
- Record Id:
- 040-000563382
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000268
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023576508.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B245
- Title:
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Extracts of Communications relating to the Permanent British Occupation of Basra
- Scope & Content:
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The item contains extracts from a letter, telegrams and a note, covering the period November 1914 to December 1916, and all relating to the permanent British Occupation of Basra:
- Extract from a letter from Sir Percy Zachariah Cox to Persian Gulf and other Chiefs, including the Sheikh of Mohamerrah [Khorramshahr] and the Amir of Nejd [Najd], November 1914 - informing the Chiefs that Britain would never allow Basra to be subject to Turkish Authority again;
- Extract from Viceroy's Telegram, dated 7 December 1914 - regarding a request from Sir Percy Cox to make a public announcement of the permanent occupation of Basra by the British;
- Telegram to Viceroy, from Secretary of State (for India), dated 9 December 1914 - advising against a public announcement regarding the permanent occupation of Basra as it would be a breach of the undertaking agreed with Britain's allies;
- Telegram to Viceroy, from Secretary of State (for India), dated 19 December 1914 - requesting that Cox be permitted to intimate in conversation that Basra would not be returned to the Turks, in order to provide reassurance;
- Telegram to Viceroy, from Secretary of State (for India), dated 25 December 1914 - informing that there would be no objection to Cox intimating in conversation with those already under British control circumstances regarding future protection against the Turks;
- Summary, written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel and dated 14 December 1916, of a statement made by His Excellency Lord Hardinge, during a visit to Mesopotamia, in response to a deputation from the British community of Basra, 3 February 1915 - regarding the British not being able to make statements on the future owing to their commitments to allies, but that there was no intention of them withdrawing from Basra.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563382 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B245 : Extracts of Communications relating to the Permanent British Occupation of Basra - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0269]/040-000563382
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000268
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 14 Dec 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 98 and terminates at folio 101, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 6-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)