'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'
IOR/L/PS/18/B363
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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 30 Nov 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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This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox) following his arrival at Basrah [Basra] on 1 October 1920 in the direction of setting up a national administration ('National Assembly') in Iraq. The paper explains the role in this process of the provisional Council of State in Iraq.
The document contains a 'Note on the proceedings of H.E. the High Commissioner since his arrival at Basrah' (folio 1) and cites official letters, telegrams, a press communique and a proclamation illustrating the formation and working of the Council of State. The document also includes:
- List of personnel of the Council of State (folio 1);
- Instructions for the Council of State (as finally issued) (folios 2-3);
- List of advisers appointed by the High Commissioner (folio 3);
- Memorandum of proceedings of informal meeting of Council of State, 10 November 1920 (folios 3-4).
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- 1 file (5 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 5 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-9 (folios 1-5).
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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/B363
- Former external reference(s)
- B363 S.D./170A
- Date(s)
- 30 Nov 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Colonial administration
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- Mesopotamia
- People & organisations
- High Commissioner, IraqCouncil of State for Iraq
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B363
- Title
- 'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'
- Pages
- 1v
- Author
- al Naqib, Abdur Rahman
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B363
- Title
- 'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'
- Pages
- 3v:4r
- Author
- al Naqib, Abdur Rahman
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B363
- Title
- 'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'
- Pages
- 1r, 2r:3r, 4v:5v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence