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File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.' [194r] (27/56)
The record is made up of 1 item (22 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1919-7 May 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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houaes, and x suggest that those sites be reserved for
such purposes. The second main road runs from the river
at point "H” through point "A" to point "K" on Abuharmel
mounds* Between point w H w t and the river at point
I have reserved a large plot of ground t Ho.7 for Govern
ment House and Gardens* Point W L" will be the centre of
the dome or main architectural feature of Government House.
This point will be a vista terminal for several roads*
Around Point ,f H w I have laid out a large "place** and from
there to point "A”, I suggest a broad avenue laid out
with avenues and gardens (plots Uos*296,297). This
will be the main ceremonial road of the town, on each
side of this road, in plots Hos*18, 19, 308, I suggest
the Secretariat Offices and Army Headquarters, supporting
in architectural composition the Government House. Between
these offices and the Point "A", the largest and best
houses for senior officials should be erected.
At point "X 1 *, on the Abuharmal mounds, I suggest
that a large park with public gardens and playing
fields, should be made*
Prom point "A*, I have radiated several roads
to the Military Gantonment and also to the various
ceu-cres of the town through the residentAAl area* Point
the railway station from which another system
of radiating roads start.
On the large scale plan I have shown bj a
green line the boundary of tfaqf land, by red- the
boundary of Government land* For the present portion
of the scheme and, until considerable development takes
place, no private land will be required. Buildings
erected by private individuals on such land must,
however, be carefully controlled, so as to conform with
the complete scheme.
I have divided the whole area into building
aites and arranged my roads and servioe roads to suit.
n h9 3 ites are roughly graded into 1st class. 2nd class
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This item consists of part five 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 proposed construction by the British authorities.
The part contains correspondence discussing a proposed new civil station and military cantonment, which would be located in the southern vicinity of Baghdad. Correspondents include the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn), and officials of 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. and the War Office.
Included with this part are several plans showing the layout of the proposed sites, as well as the layout of a proposed Baghdad railway.
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