'Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Sir P Cox's position.'
IOR/L/PS/18/B261
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The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in May 1917-Jun 1917. 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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This collection of telegrams relate to the professional differences between Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Chief Political Officer, and General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. In the telegrams, Cox requests to be given more influence in his role or to be released from his duties. The bulk of the telegrams come from Cox himself, with shorter telegrams between the Viceroy and Secretary of State for India discussing how the situation should be dealt with.
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- 1 file (2 folios)
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The copies of the letters are arranged in chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 144, and terminates at f 145, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/L/PS/18/B261
- Date(s)
- May 1917-Jun 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B261
- Title
- 'Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Sir P Cox's position.'
- Pages
- 144r:145v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence