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Coll 17/23(S) 'Iraq. Attachment of Iraqis to British Consulates abroad for training in consular work.' [‎4r] (7/250)

The record is made up of 1 file (124 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1927-17 Apr 1930. 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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Telegram from the Hi#i Commissioner for Iraq to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 1st April, 193v/.
(Received,Colonial Office,11.20 a.m., 3rd April, ±930)
Ko. 2. Addressed to the Secretary of state
for the Colonies repeated to Cairo Ko. 169 Your
^ telegram No. 80. D&mluJi has now been gazetted
Con mil Oeneral in Cairo and leaves Baghdad on 3rd April
to take up hie post .

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The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the proposal by the Prime Minister of Iraq that Iraqi officials should be employed in British Consulates, for the purpose of training them in consular work until Iraqi Consulates could be established in neighbouring countries to Iraq, and in countries with which Iraq had important commercial relations; and the proposal of the Iraqi Prime Minister that pending Persian [Iranian] recognition of Iraq, an Iraqi representative should be attached to HM Legation, Tehran, to assist Robert Henry Clive, British Minister at Tehran, in the consideration of questions affecting Iraqi interests.

The file also includes papers relating to the following: the decision of the Government of Iraq to approach the Persian Government directly regarding their decision to appoint Kamil Beg Al Gilani as Consul at Kermanshah, and Ahmed Zaki Beg Al Khaiyat as Vice Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; and the desire of the Iraqi Government to appoint Dr Abdullah Beg Al Damluji as Consul-General at Cairo, and Dr Ahmed Beg Gadri as Honorary Vice Consul at Alexandria.

The papers mostly consist of the following: correspondence between the 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. and the Colonial Office; 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. Political Department minute papers; 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. internal notes; correspondence between the 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. Political Department and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; copy correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office; copy correspondence between the Colonial Office and the High Commissioner for Iraq; and copy Foreign Office correspondence with British consular officials at Bushire, Tehran, Beyrout [Beirut], Damascus, and Jedda [Jeddah].

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (124 folios)
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The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; 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.

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Coll 17/23(S) 'Iraq. Attachment of Iraqis to British Consulates abroad for training in consular work.' [‎4r] (7/250), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2885, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045094886.0x000008> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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