File 4613/1919 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Messrs Sassoon's dealings in land at Basra.'

IOR/L/PS/10/847/2

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The record is made up of 1 item (16 folios). It was created in 12 Aug 1918-22 Jan 1919. 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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This item consists of part two 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 registration of land purchases.

The correspondence is mainly concerned with a request from E D Sassoon and Company for its purchases of immovable properties in Basra to be registered by the British authorities. The principal correspondents are the following: the Officiating Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and E D Sassoon and Company.

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Condition: part of folio 280 has been lost, resulting in the loss of some text.

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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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IOR/L/PS/10/847/2
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P 4613/1919 Pt 2

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12 Aug 1918-22 Jan 1919 (CE, Gregorian)

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