'Mesopotamia. Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest'

IOR/L/PS/18/B348

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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1920. 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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Content: This printed memorandum, marked ’Very Secret', is the first part a preliminary report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Special Intelligence Officer attached to the Political Department, 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. , dated 14 September 1920, concerning the causes of the Iraqi revolt against the British in 1920. There are details concerning pro-Turkish, pan-Islamist and nationalist elements in Iraq, as well as external influence from Germany and Bolshevik Russia. The report includes a 'Chart Showing Inter-Connection of the various Intriguing Elements' (folio 129). Marginal references are made to an appendix which is not present. The second part of the report is IOR/L/PS/18/B350.
Extent and format: 1 file (5 folios)
Physical characteristics: Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 126, and terminates at folio 130, 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.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B348
Former external reference(s): B348
Date(s): 14 Sep 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: International relationsRebellions
Places: Mesopotamia
People & organisations: Norman Napier Evelyn Bray

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B348
Title: 'Mesopotamia. Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest'
Pages: front, 126r:130v, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence