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IOR/L/PS/10/847/6
- Record Id:
- 041-000546118
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0001a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/847/6
- Title:
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File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations'
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of part six 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 possible land development.
The part contains correspondence discussing the visit to Mesopotamia of Mr E Gedge, representative of both the East Africa Lands and Development Company and Fanti Consolidated Mines Limited, and his investigation of the area's agricultural conditions, with a view to applying for a grant of concession for land development.
Correspondents include the aforementioned Mr Gedge, the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), and officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office.
Also included is a sketch map of the area for which Mr Gedge requests a grant of concession.
- 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
041-000546118 - 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/10/847/6 : File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/847/6, f 163 : Sketch Map of Land Under Water in the Flooded Area of the River Euphrates
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/847/6 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0848]/040-000546112[0006]/041-000546118
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (18 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000003
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 12 Dec 1919-12 Apr 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former External References:
- P 4613/1919 Pt 6
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)