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IOR/L/PS/10/847/8
- Record Id:
- 041-000546120
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0001a6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/847/8
- Title:
- File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of part eight 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 the acquisition of land by the British for military purposes.
The part is largely concerned with the acquisition of land in Magil [Al Ma‘qil]. Included in the correspondence is a copy of a set of enclosures, sent from the Government of India's Army Department to the Secretary of State for India, which features correspondence between the General Officer Commanding, Force D, and the Chief of General Staff, Simla; in addition to correspondence, the enclosures contain a number of appendices comprised of tables of figures relating to rights and land holdings in Magil.
The correspondence discusses the legality of the acquisition under Ottoman law, as well as expenditure matters, such as whether the cost of acquisition should be debited to local revenues or military funds.
Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson) the Viceroy of India (Frederic John Napier Thesiger, or Lord Chelmsford), and various officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, the War Office, and the Treasury.
Included with the part is a plan of land at Magil and a plan of a proposed site generating station in Basra.
The French language material consists of one enclosure to an item of correspondence.
- 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
041-000546120 - 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/10/847/8 : File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST' - Contains:
- IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (i) : PROPOSED SITE FOR GENERATING STATION
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (ii) : Plan of land at Magil
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/847/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0848]/040-000546112[0008]/041-000546120
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (93 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 31 Aug 1917-7 Jun 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- P 4613/1919 Pt 8
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)