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PZ 5013/40 'Propaganda among Shi'ite communities in Iraq and Persia' [‎12r] (23/196)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 12 Sep 1940-22 May 1942. 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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Iraq .
Before I proceed further with this note on my second
visit to Iraq, I may be permitted to express my very sincere
gratefulness to His Excellency the Most Honourable the
Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy and Governor General of Indii
for His Excellency’s further mark of kindness in enabling me
to again proceed to Iraq on special duty.
In May last I had the pleasure of submitting to His
Excellency the Viceroy a note on my first visit to Iraq
(April and May 1941). This note deals with my second visit
to Iraq (August to October 1941). I respectfully venture
to bring to the notice of His Excellency the Viceroy and
Governor General certain points and my observations during
my visit to Iraq, and also a few remarks on my visit to
various countries in the Middle East.
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I may here be permitted to express my very deep sense
of gratitude to His Excellency Sir Kinahen Cornwallis,
British Ambassador, Baghdad, who has on so many occasions
shown his satisfaction and appreciation of my humble efforts
in attending to certain matters entrusted to me, and also
for His Excellency’s requesting that I should be sent out
to Iraq again thus affording me the opportunity of rendering
further services to my beloved Ting Emperor and the cause
of Empire.
I kept myself constantly in touch with His Imperial
Majesty’s Ambassador at Baghdad and worked in very close
co-operation with the staff of the Embassy to whom I am very

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This volume consists of letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to reports on propaganda among Shi'ite communities in Iraq and Persia.

The file includes correspondence on the visit of the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Bahawalpur (Maulvi Mohamed Bashir and the report of his visit on propaganda among Shi'ite communities in Iraq (ff 30-41) and Persia (ff 42-49).

Included in the file (ff 94-96) is the report on the conversation with Khan Sahib Saiyid Tahir Hussain Qureshi by the Vice-Consul at HM Consulate, Baghdad.

Principal correspondents are HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and HM Ambassador, Tehran.

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1 volume (96 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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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 98; 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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