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IOR/L/PS/18/B257
- Record Id:
- 040-000563395
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000295
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024247881.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B257
- Title:
- Mesopotamia Administration Committee
- Scope & Content:
-
Table giving abstracts of proposals made by the War Cabinet, with comments on those proposals by Sir Percy Zachariah Cox and the Government of India.
The proposals include:
- Occupied territories being administered by His Majesty's Government, instead of the Government of India
- Basra to remain under British administration
- Bagdad [Baghdad] to be an Arab state with a local ruler of Government, but under British protection, using local laws and institutions where possible.
- British Civil Service (in Mesopotamia) to be amalgamated with that of Soudan [Sudan] and the Levant.
- Shiah holy places to be a separate enclave not under direct British control
- Irrigation, Navigation and Rivers to be under British administration
- Koweit [Kuwait] and Arabian littoral of Persian Gulf, including Oman, to be controlled by Basra
- South Persia to be within Government of India's sphere of influence
- 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
040-000563395 - 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/B257 : Mesopotamia Administration Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0282]/040-000563395
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000295
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- May 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 130 and terminates at folio 131, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present 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)