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IOR/L/PS/10/821/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000546042
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x000172
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182907771.0x00000e
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/821/1
- Title:
- File 2023/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Formation of Divisional & Municipal Councils’
- Scope & Content:
- This item comprises papers relating to deliberations proceeding from an Inter-Departmental Conference meeting, held at the Foreign Office, on Thursday 17 April 1919, following the capitulation of the Ottoman Empire and the Anglo-French Declaration of November 1918. The meeting set out plans for the formation of new administrative districts and the composition of ruling authorities across Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. These were to be divided into either Municipal Councils or Divisional Councils. Papers comprise draft telegrams, coversheets to minute papers, memoranda, and reports, notably covering:
- Proposals for a provisional constitution for Mesopotamia in November 1919, based on ‘the principle of self-determination’, but still subject to ‘British supervision and control’
- Authorisation for the creation of five provinces in Mesopotamia
- The provisional formation of provincial councils, as well as municipal and divisional councils, in Basrah [Basra], Kirkuk, Diwaniyah, Amara [Amarah], and Baghdad, deferring a descision relating to the status of Mosul pending the creation of a proposed independent state of Kurdistan
- Discussions over the merits and impact of the retention of Mosul within Mesopotamia or reassignment to a proposed independent state of Kurdistan
- Discussions relating speculatively to the creation of a proposed independent state of Kurdistan, including scenarios of a ‘Pan-Islamic sentiment’ among Kurds acting to reunite with Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and a separate plan from a delegation of Kurds from Persia [Iran] proposing Kurdistan join Persia
- The creation of a municipal council for Arbil [Erbil, also known as Hawler], in Mesopotamia
- Assessment of the importance of Najaf, described as ‘the richest part of Iraq’; tensions with majority Sunni Baghdad; comments on the ‘backwardness’ and other generalised features of the Shiah character; the case to rehabilitate the Shiah population of Najaf through political autonomy, promoting Shiah clerics, recognising ‘the Shiah Shara [sharīʿah]’, establishing the Court of Appeal at Najaf, and releasing the education system from the control of Baghdad except on financial matters.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546041
041-000546042 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/821 : File 2023/1919 Pt 1-13 ‘MESPOT:- DIVL. & MUNICPL. COUNCILS.’
IOR/L/PS/10/821/1 : File 2023/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Formation of Divisional & Municipal Councils’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0822]/040-000546041[0001]/041-000546042
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 6 Apr 1919-12 Aug 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 2023/1919 Pt 1
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- High Commissioner, Iraq, 1920-1932
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968 - Subjects:
- Shīʻah
- Places:
- Kurdistan, Middle East, Asia
Mosul, Asia