'Mesopotamia. Present Political Situation'
IOR/L/PS/18/B336
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The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 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 is printed memorandum is a report by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G), dated 28 October 1919, concerning an appreciation of the present situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] following complaints by Izzet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Damscus and others about British administration there. The report provides a general overview of British administration in Mesopotamia, relations with King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] and Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], and current events and notable Iraqis, for example, Naji Beg Suwaidi [Nājī Beg Suwaydī], the Alusi [al-Alūsī] family, Shaikh Hasan and Ezra Daniel.
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Foliation: The foliation for this report commences at folio 87, and terminates at folio 88, 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/B336
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- 28 Oct 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mesopotamia
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B336
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- 'Mesopotamia. Present Political Situation'
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- front, 87r:88v, back
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