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File 4613/1919 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy (Tenure and Acquisition) (General file)' [‎300r] (39/98)

The record is made up of 1 item (48 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1917-16 Apr 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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to abandon their rights under the capitulation^Xn fact
private individuals and commercial firms already own
buildings in Baghdad and recently (vide Col. Wilson
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has sanctioned the sale of a building site in Busrah.
Agairi when in April the development of the Naft Khana Oil
Fields was discussed in London Col.Wilson stated that he
could arrange to provide for the land for the building of a
refinery and hia authority to do so was never challenged.
It would seem a little late in the day now that the work must
be well advanced^ to deny his competency. On a broad view
it is practically impossible entirely to restrict the acquisition
o.i land by foreigners a's legal enactments can be evaded by trusts
and by formation of companies, e.g. the case of the Travancore
Minerals Co.
6 - It is suggested that we ask Foreign Office to consent
to the acquisition of business premises and building sites by
commercial firms at the discretion of the Civil Commissioner.
£ The second principle involved is that of concessions. In dealing
with the oil problems the Foreign Office have told us that they
have laid down the policy that neither concessions nor even
licenses to prospect should be allowed to be operative. This
policy was enunciated with reference to mineral concessions.
It is possible that they would not object to the grant of such
commercial concessions as are involved in the scheme for the
Najaf water supply, the Kurna water and light supply or the
Busrah tramways. We may at least press for further definition
and support Col.Wilson 1 s views: ^ / ^
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This item consists of part one of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and particularly relates to the sale, leasing or granting of land to persons other than domiciled inhabitants of the territories (e.g. British, British Indian, and European subjects). The part mostly consists of correspondence but also includes notifications, minutes and proclamations, including a copy of the Land Settlement Proclamation (1920). The notifications relate to restrictions imposed by the British on the alienation of immoveable property within the occupied territories to persons other than Arabs of the occupied territories.

The principal correspondents are the Acting Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), 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 Foreign Office.

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File 4613/1919 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy (Tenure and Acquisition) (General file)' [‎300r] (39/98), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/847/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100061328860.0x00001b> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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