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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [137r] (291/455)
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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LRINC LETTER DA I ED
Colonial Offloo,
JoT/ning 3treet.
L||^/302/65)
14th Maroh, 1927.
SlXt
I am directed by Mr. Secretary -vmery to refer to
Colonial Office letter of the 9th of March, »unbared
ae atoOYe, regarding - inter alia • the auggeation thtt,
until Persia haa recognised Iraq, an Iraqi should tu?
attached to the British Legation at Tehran in order to
assist Mr, Ulire in the cen si deration of questions
affecting Iraqi interests# and to transmit her^ 1 1. ,
for the information of Secretary 3ir Austen Chamberlain,
a copy of a telegram on the subject which has been
received from the High Oomaission «r for Iraq,
2, Mr, Amery would be gJad to be furnished with a
oo]w of Mr, aiive^ letter of the 5th of February, to which
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Sir n. i)obbs refers, and to be advised what reply should,
in Sir fasten Chamberlain's opinion, be returned to
3lr H, aototos* tologrsua.
I am, etc*
(Signed) A,J. Harding.
Nader Secretary of State,
milSIGH omcie.
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