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Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.' [front] (1/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1937-9 Aug 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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The file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria].
The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden, Viscount Halifax) from the following: Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to Iraq; Gilbert MacKereth (with enclosures), HM Consul Damascus; and A W Davies, HM Consul, Aleppo.
The file includes the official text of the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement in French (folios 7 to 8, this is an enclosure to a letter from MacKereth to Eden).
The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (7 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; 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 between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2891
- Title
- Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 9r:9v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence