File 4613/1919 Pt 4 'MESOPOTAMIA: LAND TENURE – MISCELLEANOUS ENQUIRIES RE ACQUISITION OF LAND'

Content

This item consists of part four 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 purchase of land for cultivation. The part consists almost entirely of letters received by 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 from private individuals, many of whom are British army officers, expressing a personal interest in purchasing land in Mesopotamia and requesting further information on the subject.

Extent and format

1 item (33 folios)

It is part of

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

688 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/847

Written in

English 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/10/847/4

Former external reference(s)

P 4613/1919 Pt 4

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Jan 1919-23 Dec 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Agricultural land

People & organisations

Foreign Office

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