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IOR/L/PS/10/847/5
- Record Id:
- 041-000546117
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0001a3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/847/5
- Title:
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File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of part five of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to proposed construction by the British authorities.
The part contains correspondence discussing a proposed new civil station and military cantonment, which would be located in the southern vicinity of Baghdad. Correspondents include the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn), and officials of the India Office and the War Office.
Included with this part are several plans showing the layout of the proposed sites, as well as the layout of a proposed Baghdad railway.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546112
041-000546117 - 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/10/847 : File 4613/1919 Pt 1-8 'IRAQ:- LAND TENURE.'
IOR/L/PS/10/847/5 : File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.' - Contains:
- IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (iv) : MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (v) : MAP SHOWING LAY-OUT OF NEW BAGHDAD
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (vi) : MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (vii) : BAGHDAD SOUTH: CANTONMENT AREAS
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (viii) : ALWIYEH
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/847/5 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0848]/040-000546112[0005]/041-000546117
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000004
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 12 Oct 1919-7 May 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former External References:
- P 4613/1919 Pt 5
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)