Coll 17/28 'Iraq. Creation of Iraqi navy.'
IOR/L/PS/12/2890
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The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1936-18 Jun 1936. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file contains papers mainly relating to the intention of the Government of Iraq to form a small river fleet.
The papers mostly consist of the following: copies of correspondence between Robert Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to Iraq, and between Kerr and George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office; a copy of a letter from Sidney Hill Phillips of the [British] Admiralty to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; an India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department minute paper; and an extract from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence Report, December 1935.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (10 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2890
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 17/28
- Date(s)
- 30 Mar 1936-18 Jun 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Navy
- People & organisations
- HM Ambassador to IraqGovernment of IraqForeign Office, Eastern DepartmentAdmiralty
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2890
- Title
- Coll 17/28 'Iraq. Creation of Iraqi navy.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
