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IOR/L/PS/18/B363
- Record Id:
- 040-000563507
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000365
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023463715.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B363
- Title:
- Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.
- Scope & Content:
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This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox) following his arrival at Basrah [Basra] on 1 October 1920 in the direction of setting up a national administration ('National Assembly') in Iraq. The paper explains the role in this process of the provisional Council of State in Iraq.
The document contains a 'Note on the proceedings of H.E. the High Commissioner since his arrival at Basrah' (folio 1) and cites official letters, telegrams, a press communique and a proclamation illustrating the formation and working of the Council of State. The document also includes:
- List of personnel of the Council of State (folio 1);
- Instructions for the Council of State (as finally issued) (folios 2-3);
- List of advisers appointed by the High Commissioner (folio 3);
- Memorandum of proceedings of informal meeting of Council of State, 10 November 1920 (folios 3-4).
- 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
040-000563507 - 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/B363 : Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0394]/040-000563507
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000365
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 30 Nov 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 5 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.
Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-9 (folios 1-5).
- Former External References:
- B363
S.D./170A - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)