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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [‎52v] (120/455)

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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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APPhNDIX J.
»*4 j;
NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF MOSUL DIVISION AS NOW
ADMINISTERED.
1. From the junction of the rivers Tigris and Khabur along the
Ivhabur eastwards to its junction with the Hazil Su, northwards along the
Hazil Su to a point due West of Mahri Nar Dagh, excluding the Slopi tribe,
due east along tribal boundary between Goyan to the north and Sindi and
Guli to the South, excluding Nerva and turning N.E, to include Belo and
Margi, to the Khabur river S. of Hadrish, south along the Khabur to Rusi,
turning east along the tributary of the Khabur to Alamun, north east between
Alanuin and Bide, S.E. along ridge between Maidani and Dashtani to the
Zab river below Zeri, south along Zab river to point marked Fort, along ridge
eastwards, north of Baikar, north east along western ridge of Nerve Raikan
to Ghara Dagli, along eastern ridge S.E* Then S. including Nerva, Raikan
and the Muzuri Bala, crossing Shamsidinan Su W. of junction of the
Shamsidinan Su and Rudbar-i-Shin, S.E., skirting the summit of Shirin-
dari Dagh, E. along watershed on lat. 37 to the point of intersection of the
Rukuchuk Su with long. 44° 15'.
2. At this point the Mosul Divisional boundary ends, the remainder of
the frontier representing the northern boundary of the Kirkuk Division.
The latter boundary which runs through mountainous and little populated
country, has never been clearly defined. I*t will therefore be convenient to
adopt from here to the Persian frontier the boundary as delineated on the
map attached to the Treaty. This line follows, approximately, the water
shed S. of the Rudbar-i-Haji Beg.
*Owing to inaccuracies in the map, it is impossible to define correctly the
administrative boundary at this point and, for the sake of convenience, the
Treaty frontier has here been followed. See Appendix III.
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APPENDIX II
COUNTRY OF THE TRIBAL ASSYRIANS.
1. The area which it is recommended to include is the country formerly
occupied by the tribal Assyrian Christians, the Tiari, the Tkhuma, the Jilu and
Baz.
2. South of latitude 37° 30' thfe Great Zab enters a deep gorge. On both
banks of the river are several short deep valleys at right angles to the main
stream forming the district of Upper Tiari with a large number of Assyrian
villages. South of this on the Kight Bank is the large and fertile valley of
Lower Tiari with its centre at Ashitha, the whole valley being previously
Assyrian and the habitat of the most powerful section of their community.
To the \V est of the liari district are the '' Yailacjs or summer
pastures of the Tiari Assyrians.
4. Opposite Lower Tiari on the Left Bank of the Zab is a long valley called
Salabeqan occupied formerly by Assyrians and the seat of a Malik or chief.
This valley leads to the district of Tkhuma. another Christian tribe, to the nortli
of which stands the Walto Dagh the summer pasture of the Tkhuma.
5. Just South of the Jilu Dagh is the Christian district of Greater Jilu,
a series of fertile and picturesque valleys whicli drain into the Rudbar-i-Shin, a
large mountain torrent which forces its way through limestone ridges to join
the Zab below Amadiyah.
6. Below Jilu is the District of Baz, with a group of Christian villages
surrounded by orchards and terraced fields.
7. West of Ba^ is the little valley of Tovi with a Kurdish village of that
name. Beyond rises the Ghara Dagh with precipitous sides but open summit
used as summer pasturage by the people of Baz.

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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
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