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IOR/L/PS/10/821/7
- Record Id:
- 041-000546049
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x000179
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182907771.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/821/7
- Title:
- File 2023/1919 Pt 7 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of DIWANIYAH Divisional Council’
- Scope & Content:
- This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Diwaniyah, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise India Office Political Department coversheets, memoranda, and enclosures in print, typescript, and manuscript, notably covering:
- Two versions of the minutes of the first meeting of the Diwaniyah Divisional Council, 3 February 1920, translated into English from Arabic, the first in typescript with markings (f 161), the other printed (ff 164-169)
- Description of Nejef [Najaf, also written Meshed Ali and Mashhad Ali], the fortified city, its religious and ethnic composition, scholarly institutions, trades, and routes to adjacent towns and ports (f 170 – although the text is not signed or dated, it may be an English translation based on intelligence originally in Arabic or Persian).
- 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
041-000546049 - 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/10/821/7 : File 2023/1919 Pt 7 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of DIWANIYAH Divisional Council’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0822]/040-000546041[0008]/041-000546049
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 10 Feb 1920-7 Apr 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 2023/1919 Pt 7
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Elections
- Places:
- Diwaniyah, Asia
Najaf, Asia