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File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation' [38r] (84/687)
The record is made up of 1 volume (326 folios). It was created in 23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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•M«Wle , brin* i* tut your ration a pura Khalif
from the wUd.me,... Trmhlin* with terror hia Uatn.
er4refu8«ii to ombmo. the project oet before them .
They alined a aeparete petition plumping for British
Administration, end the Christian* followed suit,
■ft w 8e not here alone that the ! oaleme by their
violence had def.eted their own ends, ourin* the following
deye, Cunnie end dhi^e, other th«, thee, who hed ai^.d
the Kadhiaain and Baghdad petitions, frequented the Politieal
Jffieea and declared their intention of recording protests
in the form of counter petitions. The Baghdadi, pointed out wit
*Uh justice that the document which had be,« delivered could
not by any extension of language be held to represent the
opinion of the A.hraf of the towa. A l.ree proportion of
•ere unknown, while leading families were unrepresented
or represented only hy junior members (eee aanlyel. of , ir .
natures. Appendix B). several counter petitions have elre.dy
nwterieliaed* The first (iqapendix C) wee signed mainly by
Sunni merchant * but included alec the name, of the ehief »«kh.
tar of the city and of one of the Suweldi femily, of which
the hepd, TUeuf Suweidi, was deported by the Turks to Con.
stentinonle, whence he has not yet been nble to return, the
family are descended from the 'Abbe aid a and Yusuf auweidi is
held in singular personal esteem. The signatories of the first
petition naked for British rule and ao other Oeverament. If
this was not to be, they, like the Jewish eoraraunity, requested
that they might become British subjects. The second petition
issker* for e local Arab Govt, from northern l osul to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, with British help a no guidance and sir Percy Cox
*• first High Commissioner, haws previously accepted were to
be applied, equality of rights among all cor» unities was to be
observed and complete liberty '.ranted to the local Govt, in
dealing with internal end financial affairs. It bore seven /"
signatures and others are still coming in. The first six of
the seven original signatories er# all men of the greatest *ei
weig ht in the town, while the seventh below * s to the same
class as they but is personally of lean
importance
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The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the Anglo-French Declaration of November 1918. The volume also concerns the subject of self-determination in Persia [Iran].
The papers notably cover:
- Discussion of advance interpretations of the 1916 Agreement
- The Anglo-French Declaration of November 1918, which publicised their intentions and policy in the former Ottoman territories of Syria and Iraq
- Presentation of the 1918 Declaration to the President of the United States of America by the French Ambassador to the US, Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand
- Disagreement between the British and French visions of the future administration of Mesopotamia
- The situation in southern Kurdistan
- The 1919 Paris Peace Conference
- Apprehensions of the Baghdad Jewish community about the tenor of the Anglo-French Declaration, including a petition to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, requesting to be made subjects of the British Crown
- Reaction to the Declaration from the across the Arab world
- Disagreement among the British over the form that Britain’s control in Mesopotamia should take
- The views of the principal sheikhs [shaikhs] of Mesopotamia on the 1918 Agreement
- Discussion among British officials of the benefits of control over Mesopotamia and the view of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, Arnold Talbot Wilson, on the situation in Mesopotamia
- Discussion of the potential candidates for the head of the new state of Iraq
- Reports on consultations with political and religious leaders and inhabitants from across Iraq on the future Government of Iraq
- The views of Sir Percy Cox and Arnold Wilson on the situation in Mesopotamia
- The question of the future political status of Mesopotamia, including the views of British officers serving in Syria and the Hejaz
- Discussion of the question of Iraqi self-determination.
Notable documents in this volume include:
- Text by Sir Percy Cox regarding ‘The Future of Mesopotamia’ (ff 308-310 and ff 270-272)
- Extracts from The Times , 26 November 1819, including a series of articles under the title ‘The Arab Campaign’ (ff 230-232)
- The statutes for the independence of Iraq (ff 127-130)
- A memorandum by Major W H Young regarding the future of Mesopotamia (ff 99-112)
- Copies of ‘Self-determination in Iraq’ in Arabic (ff 75-97) and English (ff 57-73).
The principal correspondents are: the 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; the Governor-General of India; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Military Governor and Political Officer, Baghdad; Government of India, Military Department, the French Ambassador to the United States; and the British Embassy, Paris.
The volume includes a divider, which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (326 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 4722 (Mesopotamia) consists of ten volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/755-764. The volumes are divided into twelve parts, with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 comprising one volume each. Part 10 is missing. Part 7, entitled ‘Mesopotamia: Sir A. Wilson’s invitation to Syrian Baghdadis’, was transferred to File 5268/20 Parts 1 and 2 (see IOR/L/PS/10/913).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 334; 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. Multiple intermittent additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains two anomalies: f 181a and f 181b.
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- File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:127v, 128ar, 128r:175v, 176ar, 176r:181v, 181ar:181av, 181cr, 181br:181bv, 182r:182v, 186r:229v, 232v:325v, 327r:334v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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