PZ 2068/1941(2) 'IRAQ. Rebellion in: - 1941.' [33r] (67/222)
The record is made up of 1 file (108 folios). It was created in 30 Jul 1941-14 Nov 1945. 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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Sir K. Cornwallis.
No. 111.0 .
8th October, 194-1.
D, 9.00 p.m. 8th October, 194-1.
R. 2.55 a.m. 9th October, 194-1.
Repeated to Cairo No. 4-72 (please pass to Minister
of State as my telegram No. 4-4-);
Government of India No. 4-19;
Jerusalem No. 80 Saving;
Tehran No. 56 Saving.
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My telegram No. 1159.
Nuri this morning outlined his policy to me as follows:
(1) He will^carry out treaty in fullest sense of the word
and co-operate with us fully in our schemes of defence and
expansion of communications.
(2) He will himself take over defence and re-organisation
of amy with object of creating an efficient force capable of
keeping the country in order. He spoke of 25 thousand men as
a maximum and 15 thousand as a minimum. His present idea is to
molt of thp f t V(? u UJnt ? ry aM ha:L " P Gonsc 7 i P ted - He wants exempted
most of the tribes from conscription (this will be very popular)
(3) He will put all dangerous fifth columnists in a
concentration camp at Fao and weed out anti-British officials
In making his choice he will act in consultation with adviser*
to Ministry of Interior and other British officials. I
impressed on him the danger of his taking revenge on old enemies,
RashidAl? e aM t Ms S fo t howe?s? d Vig0TOUSly with the
+hfl+ +iL, He OTP-. om;5 -ttea] British officials and ensure
that they are m a position to work effectively. He wants five
or six lane settlement officers at once and spoke (somewhat
more vaguely) of British administration inspectors and police
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the rebellion in Iraq 1941.
The discussion in the file concerns measures to restore public order in Iraq following the British military occupation of the country which was instigated after a coup d'état by Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani in April 1941. It covers the following:
- further discussion surrounding the Kurdish rebel leader Shaikh Mahmoud
- support for the restored Iraqi government to enforce public order
- measures to purge the Iraqi civil service of officials sympathetic to Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani
- judicial process for the 'Golden Square' military officials who supported the coup d'etat
Included in the file is a copy (folio 62) of a paper purporting to be the text of a secret treaty between Rashid Ali and the Axis powers.
The principal correspondents in the volume include HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis) and HM Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (108 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough 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 110; 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 80-83; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled
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- PZ 2068/1941(2) 'IRAQ. Rebellion in: - 1941.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 11r:61v, 63r:69v, 71r:109v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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