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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [3r] (19/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram X.
From - Citili Commissioner, Baghdad.
To - Secretary of State for india,London,repeated
No.
Foreigoi Simla.
7733
Dated - 16th. September 1913.
?rom a perusal of recent correspondence regarding
oil concessions in Mesopotamia it seems possible that
one aspect of the question has not yet been placed
before H .M f 8 Govemment.
If the future administration of Irak is to be self
supporting it is essential that it should be in a
position to derive the fullest benefit consistent with
Imperial exigencies from the at present undeveloped
mineral wealth in its boundaries.
Until such an administration representing the
interests of the inhabitants of Irak his been formed and
the political status of the country decided it would I
submit be indefensible to apportion mineral or other
rights therein so far as navi^tioi^ri ^hts are concerned
this has been specifically reco^iized by H.M 1 s Grovemment
As far as is at present known there are four oil
bearing areas, viz.
1. Naft Khan a
2. Hit.
3. Chia Snrkh
4. Tus Khurmati and Gil.
to thesd may be added the oil bearing region near Koweit.
It seems unlikely that oil will be struck else
where. Of these areas the first has been most favourably
reported on and is about to be tested and if need be
developed by the A.P.O.C.
No reply has been received to the proposal made
from here on July 27th to the ?ar Office that the n v ij
Company should be instructed to keep an account of all .
expenditure incurred on the above operations with a view
to payment out of military funds.
If payment out of military funds is open to
objection I should not hesitate to recommend payment fron:
Ks
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- Content
All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.
The file includes:
- A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).
- A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).
- A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).
- A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)
- A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)
- A cutting from al awqaat al iraqiyya (The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).
- A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)
- A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)
Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics ( mujathids ) in Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence which is also written in pencil, but not circled, runs between ff 5-207. In addition to this, a very short sequence runs between ff 2D-4. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present in the volume.
Foliation anomalies: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D; 27A and 27B; 88A and 88B; 159A, 159B and 159C; 163A and 163B
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/382
- Title
- 'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 2ar:2dr, 3r:26v, 27ar:27bv, 28r:53v, 56r:63v, 65r:87v, 88ar:88bv, 89r:158v, 159cr:159cv, 160r:162v, 163ar:163bv, 164r:172v, 173v, 173av, 174r:199v, 199br:199bv, 200r:211v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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