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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [117r] (251/455)
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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14 40B
requested that in any further commwnl-
this subject the under •mentioned letter
ptf
am ber way he quoted, and the reyly
^ed to—
fto Under Secretary of State for India,
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.
,
London, S. 1.
Aba/27.
©
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W. 1.
yth February 1927.
£ lr,
1 ora directed by Uie secretary of tats for
xiujlu to refer to your letter of the 26th January,
NO.40132/27, supportthe proposal of the i -rime
i..laieter oi iraQ that IraQlc si 'iouid oe attacl^ied for
tralulu^ to iirltieh ^oiibulatee.
Xhe tiorl of blrneuhead feele taat the
Question 1 b one prlrai..rlly for the coutlderation of the
ecretary of tato for Forol^i Affaire but subject to
hie views he cannot regard with fi vour a propoBrO.
.-hlch In cl^ect tilvet to subjecte of IraQ an advemtege
which le denied to British Incllane, who, ac Mr. Becretary
Amery 1 b doubtleee awaro, are not eligible for
f.dtnl cion to the ulplonn, tic and Consular ServlceB.
-M b aspect ol the proposal would be particularly marked
If Iri qlr were attadied to British CouBulates In Perelf;
and Lord Birkenhead trusts thf t, If it Is decided to
approve it on general grounds, Persia may be excluded
from its fcope, or at least those areas in I 'ersia where
Inuian InterestB are conriaeruble and the consulates
are maintains^ by the Uoverniaeut of lndia«
A copy oi' this letoer has been rent to the
Foreign Office.
I am, air.
Your obedient Beintent,
l 'M«r Secretary of Otate. (Sd • ) L • D • Wa ^ely.
Colonial Office.
About this item
- 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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- Open Government Licence