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Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [96r] (191/513)
The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1940-24 Oct 1941. 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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INDIA DIRECT
DISTRIBUTION B.
FROM: IRA.Q>
Te-legram (en
clair) from Sir B. Newton. (Bagdad)
31st January, 1941.
D. 4.12 p.nu
R. 5.00 a*m.
31st January, 1941.
1st February, 1941.
No. 91.
A'J QU
qua
IMMEDIATE.
Sir, I attempted to proceed with the country towards its
sublime objectives pursuing to that end a policy consistent
with the public interest. I had no doubt that Your Highness
was desirous of removing all impediments obstructing the way
of loyal persons but foreign influences and foreign interests
which do not desire that" mutual confidence should prevail
between Your Highness and a Government resolved loyally and
honestly to continue to serve the country prevailed upon
Your Highness to show dissatisfaction with my Cabinet. This
was revealed by Your Highness refraining from attendance at
the royal court and keeping to Your Highness’s private palace
thereby affecting the free conduct of their work by the
Cabinet.
Your Highness's feeling of dissatisfaction^persisted as .
was evinced by your leaving the capital of the Kingdom and
holding up Iradahs submitted to Your Highness, in particular
the Iradah for the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Cabinet who assumed responsibility for the affairs and
administration of the country in these critical circumstances
foitnd it necessary to consult the electorate about their policy
with a view to ensuring closer co-operation between the .
legislature and the executive, such closer co-operation being
called for by present world conditions.
Therefore I beg leave to discontinue shouldering
responsibility and request Your Highness to accept my. n A +
resignation from the Premiership in the meantime praying Goa o
grant Your Highness success.
Repeated to Cairo No. 23, Jerusalem No. 10, Angora
No. 32, Delhi No. 17, Tehran No. 14, Jedda No. 11.
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2861. It contains correspondence and memoranda regarding relations between HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. and the Government of Iraq, and documents the reaction 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 Foreign Office to political developments within Iraq. The papers primarily consist of communications between HM Ambassador to Iraq and HM Foreign Secretary, regarding the cabinet of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, his resignation in January 1941 and the formation of a new cabinet under Taha al-Hashimi, and the resumption of power by Rashid Ali backed by the military in April 1941. The file concludes with papers detailing the escape of the Regent 'Abd al-Ilah, and initial negotiations with Rashid Ali's Government of National Defence.
The papers include detailed discussion of the relations between Iraq and the Axis Powers, and attempts by the British to persuade the Government of Iraq to sever diplomatic ties with Italy. They also discuss British concerns over the growing anti-British sentiment in Iraq, as a result of British interference in Iraqi internal affairs and British policy towards Palestine and Syria. Amongst the papers are intelligence reports on the 'Golden Square' Generals (folios 58-59), and a copy of British plans to undermine the Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (folios 194-195). The file also contains a small number of communications from the Government of Iraq, and from HM Ambassadors to Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the USSR.
Folios 4-8 concern the affairs of the family of the late Khan Sahib Badruddin Khan, and appear to have come from a different file.
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- 1 file (256 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-256, and ff 206-225; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG'
- Pages
- 96r:96v
- Author
- al-Gaylānī, Rashīd ʿAlī
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