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File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration' [69r] (142/362)
The record is made up of 1 file (177 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1915-8 Apr 1919. 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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From- The Hon’ble Lieutenant-ColP.Cox, K.C.S.I.,K.C.I.E.
Political Hasident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Basra.
To— The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department.
No.5350
Dated Basra, the 10th July 1916*
Your letter No*Bll7-Est.A,, 24th Sent ember. Johnstone
and Green both ill in hospital and both unlikely to be fit for
service in Basra again. Mac Queen onjleave in India and has applied
for extension. There has been much sickness amongst European
Customs Staff with result that work has suffered and that men C
whojiave benefited by month’s leave in India have not been able
to go. I therefore request that arrangements may be made for
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deputation from Bombay or Karachi of four suitable Europeans
three to replace those referred to (as Mac Queen my not return)
and one additional to enable Collector here to have two men on
leave at a time and to replace casualties which my experience
shows cannot be provided for with present cadre.
Deseiysd on 4 C10 1316 with
i - PIA FOBSIGN SECRETARY’S
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This file contains correspondence between administrators in British-occupied Basra, and the Government of India relating to obtaining new civil staff for British-occupied territory in Iraq. This includes requests to obtain political officers as well as senior civil engineers required during the immediate post-war period in Iraq. Much of the correspondence is specifically between Sir Percy Cox and the Political Department at the secretary to the Government of India.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (177 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 4097 (Basra and Mesopotamia) consists of 5 files, IOR/L/PS/10/513-517. The files are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 3 comprising one file each, parts 4, 5 comprising the fourth file and parts 6, 7 comprising the fifth file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 179; 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 3-177; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/514
- Title
- File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:178v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence