Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, maps and other papers concerning the Middle East

Content

The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and other papers relating to Middle Eastern affairs and a few other miscellaneous matters. The majority of the file concerns discussions of and proposals for the post-war settlement of Near Eastern territories, including Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula. The basis of these discussions was the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916.

Other matters covered by the papers include events in Siam [Thailand] and Burmah [Myanmar] and the colonial rivalry in the region between France and Britain, the Baghdad Railway, and relations with Ibn Saud in Arabia, including a report on the 1917-18 mission to Najd by Harry St John Philby (folios 67-98).

Folios 99-110 are six maps with accompanying notes that show the various proposed territorial settlements and spheres of influence in the Near East and one showing Britain's global colonial possessions.

Memoranda and correspondence comes from officials at the Foreign Office and 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. . Other correspondents include French and Italian government officials.

Extent and format

1 file (110 folios)

It is grouped into

Map to Illustrate the Agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, etc.

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 101

Possible Redistribution of Ottoman and Arabian Territory on the Principle of Self-Determination

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 102-103

Possible Settlement of Arab Countries

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 104

A map of the Near and Middle East

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 107

A map showing Great Britain's colonial possessions

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 108

Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/276, f 109

Arrangement

The file is arranged in roughly chronological order, from the front to the back.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front of the envelope with 1, and terminates at the inside back last page with 110, 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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

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

Mss Eur F112/276

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Aug 1893-19 Dec 1918 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Sykes-Picot agreement (1916)

Places

BurmaSiam

People & organisations

Baghdad RailwayGovernment of France, Third RepublicGovernment of Italy

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