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IOR/L/PS/10/833/2
- Record Id:
- 041-000546092
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x000198
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132142033.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/833/2
- Title:
- File 2879/1919 Pt 2, ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Amadia Incident’
- Scope & Content:
- This item relates to a violent incident on 14 July 1919 in Amadia [Amadiya], central Kurdistan, during which Captain D Willey and Lieutenant Hamish MacDonald, both of the 13th Hussars, were killed by ‘local gendarmes’ (f 200) and other officers and civilians injured. The papers notably cover and include:
- The origins of, and course of events during the outbreak of ‘trouble’ (f 202) in Amadia, including a ‘Report on murders in Amadia’ (ff 175-178), by Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard E Leachman, Political Officer, Mosul, 25 August 1919
- Discussion of the possible anti-Christian as well as anti-British tone of the outbreak, following reports of the murder of Christians in the neighbourhood and pillaging of Christian villages (f 200)
- The military operations and punitive measures undertaken by British forces to suppress further ‘uprisings’ and to ‘restore peace’ (f 184), and discussion of possible future British presence in Amadia
- A report to the Under Secretary of State for India, by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, dated 4 August 1919, detailing proposals for the repatriation to Kurdistan of Assyrian refugees (mostly Nestorian Christians) currently at Ba’qubah [Baqubah], involving the removal (with compensation) of Kurds in specified areas (ff 191-193)
- India Office correspondence with James F MacDonald, father of Hamish MacDonald, including the father’s virulent criticism of the policies of British authorities in Mesopotamia (ff 157-172)
- A report to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, by J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, entitled ‘Notes on Frontier affairs in the Amadia-Zakho area’, 21 October 1919, indicating the current situation and the way in which he proposes to deal with it (ff 144-153).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546090
041-000546092 - 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/10/833 : File 2879/1919 Pt 1-4 'IRAQ: KURDISTAN'
IOR/L/PS/10/833/2 : File 2879/1919 Pt 2, ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Amadia Incident’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0834]/040-000546090[0002]/041-000546092
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (64 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100132142033.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 9 May 1919-19 Nov 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- P 2879/1919 Pt 2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)