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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in Apr 1919. 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 printed report consists of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, dated 6 April 1919, to the Secretary of State for India, concerning the future constitution of Mesopotamia. There are also fifteen enclosures, some accompanied by appendices. These enclosures and appendices consist of telegrams, notes, a circular memorandum and draft reply by Wilson and others, including E B Howell, Revenue and Financial Secretary, Baghdad; F C C Balfour, Military Governor and Political Officer, Baghdad; Edward William Charles Noel, Political Officer, Sulaimaniyah [Sulaymānīyah]; Ronald E Wingate, Political Office, Najaf [al-Najaf]; Gerard Evelyn Leachman, Political Officer, Mosul; Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Political Office, Kirkuk; L M Yetts, Political Officer, Ramadi [al-Ramādī]; and R Marrs, Political Office, Amarah [Amārah].

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1 file (6 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation sequence for this file commences at folio 31, and terminates at folio 36, 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 also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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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/B317
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B317 P 2023/1919

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Apr 1919 (CE, Gregorian)

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