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'Baghdad' [‎122r] (1/2)

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The record is made up of 1 file (1 folio). It was created in 19 Mar 1917. It was written in English. 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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Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude has issued
a proclamation at Baghdad, of which the
following is the English text -
“ To the People of Harjhdad^^U

1. Jn the name of my King, and in the name of
the peoples over whom he rules, 1 address you as
follows :— •
2. Our military operations have as their objoyt
the defeat of the enemy, and the driving of him from
these territories. In order to complete this task,
1 am charged with absolute and supreme control
of all regions in which British troops operate; but
our armies do not come into your cities and lands
as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.
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3. Since the days of ll^lak^ your city and your
lands have been subject to the tyranny of strangers,
your palaces have fallen into ruins, your gardens
have sunk in desolation, and your lorefathers
and yourselves have groaned in bondage. Your
sons have been carried oh to wars not of your
seeking, your wealth has been stripped from you
by unjust men and squandered in distant places.
4. Since the days of Midhat, the lurks have
talked of reforms, yet do not the ruins and wastes
of to-day testify the vanity of those promises ?
5. It is the wish not only ol my King and his
peoples, but it is also the wish ol the great nations
with whom he is in alliance, that you should
prosper even as in the past, when your lands were
fertile, when your ancestors gave to the world
literature, science, and art, and when Baghdad city
was one of the wonders of the world.
6. Between your people and the dominions of
mv King there has been a close bond of interest.
Kor 200 vears have the merchants of Baghdad and
Great Britain traded together in mutual profit and
friendship. On the other hand, the Getmans
and Turks who have despoiled you and yours,
have for 20 years made Baghdad a centre of power
from which to assail the power of the British and
the Allies of the British in Persia and Arabia.
Therefore the British Government cannot remain
indifferent as to what takes place in your country
now or in the future, for m duty to the interests of
the British people and their Allies, the British
Government cannot risk that being done in Baghdad
aff ain which has been done by the Turks and

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This file contains the text of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's proclamation in Baghdad on the occasion of the British occupation in March 1917. This proclamation was issued following the 'Fall of Baghdad', a decisive victory for the British during the Mesopotamian Campaign. Maude largely focuses on the various parties (in particular the Turks [Ottomans]) who have previously been involved with the oppression and division of the area and assures the people of Baghdad that the British Government only seeks to improve their situation.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 122, and terminates at f 122, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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