File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’ [‎323r] (658/1480)

Content

This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of negotiation and the creation of the Anglo-Iraqi treaty.

The papers notably cover:

• Negotiations, alterations, and presentations of the Treaty itself between Iraq and British Government officials
• The duration of the Treaty
• The liability for the cost of alternative accommodation for the Royal Air Force, and the leasing of sites for an air base in Basra
• The financial agreement between the British Government and the Iraqi Government
• Instructions to the High Commissioner for Iraq, detailing the principles of his role and his relations with the Government of Iraq
• British Civil Service regulations in Iraq
• Iraqi railway management and administration.

The volume contains documents such as:

• A pamphlet on Iraq’s Nationality Law, dated October 1924 (ff 610-611)
• ‘Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak regarding the duration of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak of October 10, 1922’. Treaty Series No. 10 (1926) (ff 599-600)
• Memorandum on policy in Iraq by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated November 1929 (ff 560-561)
• Draft records of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 (ff 430-440, ff 406-409, ff 379-386, ff 370-378, ff 361-369, ff 331-339, ff 293-298, ff 264-279, ff 170-184 and ff 154-169)
• Draft copy of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930) (ff 124-135)
• Complete record of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 and concerning the proposed new Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (ff 27-56) Copy of an article from the Baghdad Arabic newspaper Al Bilad , dated Monday 21 July 1930, written by Mahmoud Ramiz Beg [Maḥmūd Rāmiz Beg], and entitled ‘The People’s Opinion Concerning The Treaty’ (ff 10-13).

The principal correspondents are as follows: Henry Dobbs, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India; Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Acting High Commissioner in Iraq; the Air Ministry.

Extent and format

1 volume (731 folios)

Arrangement

The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 731; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English in Latin script

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