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IOR/L/PS/18/B297
- Record Id:
- 040-000563434
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002dc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023622469.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B297
- Title:
- Policy in Arabia
- Scope & Content:
- This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interests in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The policy note makes it clear that Britain’s main objective was to gain control of the whole of Mesopotamia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Europeana Collections 1914-1918
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563434 - 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/B297 : Policy in Arabia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0321]/040-000563434
- 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_100000000833.0x0002dc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 20 Nov 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 133 and terminates at folio 134, 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 in parallel between folios 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- B297
- Exhibitions:
- World War One, (online), 29 January 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Memorandum by the India Office about policy in Arabia. Exhibited: World War One, (online), 29 January 2014-.