File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'

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This item consists of part eight 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 the acquisition of land by the British for military purposes.

The part is largely concerned with the acquisition of land in Magil [Al Ma‘qil]. Included in the correspondence is a copy of a set of enclosures, sent from the Government of India's Army Department to the Secretary of State for India, which features correspondence between the General Officer Commanding, Force D, and the Chief of General Staff, Simla; in addition to correspondence, the enclosures contain a number of appendices comprised of tables of figures relating to rights and land holdings in Magil.

The correspondence discusses the legality of the acquisition under Ottoman law, as well as expenditure matters, such as whether the cost of acquisition should be debited to local revenues or military funds.

Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson) the Viceroy of India (Frederic John Napier Thesiger, or Lord Chelmsford), and various 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 the part is a plan of land at Magil and a plan of a proposed site generating station in Basra.

The French language material consists of one enclosure to an item of correspondence.

Extent and format

1 item (93 folios)

It is part of

File 4613/1919 Pt 1-8 'IRAQ:- LAND TENURE.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/847

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/847/8

Former external reference(s)

P 4613/1919 Pt 8

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Aug 1917-7 Jun 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Property law

Places

Magil

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeCommander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary ForceWar OfficeHM TreasuryChief of the General Staff, IndiaCivil Commissioner, MesopotamiaViceroy and Governor-General of India in Council

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