File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments' [112r] (35/135)
The record is made up of 1 item (65 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1919-18 Nov 1920. 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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(VVy
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From Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
Bs.ted 2nd Hay, 1920,
(Received 3rd "lay, 1920, 10 a.m.)
tion " aas decided against Qizil Ho bat, but I understand he has
also come to a provisional conclusion that the needs of
probable future military garrison in Mesopotamia can be
adequately met with, so far as Baghdad is concerned, by a
cantonment at Kinaidi only. This view has my concurrence,
/ and I woul d urge that immediate sanction be given to purchase
land at Hinaidi and the construction of the cantonment
there. It is most important that the purchase should be
completed before peace is ratified and it is of great
be evacuated in the autumn. Continued retention of
private houses is one-of the principal causes of unrest
and a definite announcement that we shall vacate them in
September will give more satisfaction than any other single
announcement that we can make.
Addressed to
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.
, copy to General Officer
Commanding in Chief who is absent at Basrah and therefore
haa not seen this before despatch. I will comment further
if necessary after I have seen him.
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This item consists of part seven of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to arrangements for a proposed British military cantonment in the vicinity of Baghdad.
The correspondence discusses the selection and purchase of suitable land, particularly the question of whether the land should be purchased by the British civil administration or by the War Office. Also discussed more generally is the provision of barrack accommodation in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), the Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn in an officiating capacity, succeeded by General James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane), and officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , the War Office, and the Treasury.
Included with this part is a plan showing the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad.
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- File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments'
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- 95r:117v, 118ar:118av, 118r:159v, 159ar:159av, 160r
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