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File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position' [155ar] (317/402)
The record is made up of 1 volume (195 folios). It was created in 6 May 1917-8 Oct 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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Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude has issued
a proclamation at Baghdad, of which the
following is the English text
“ To the People of Baghdad
f. In the name of my King, and in the name of
r ii l >eo P^ es °ver whom he rules, I address vou as
follows :—
Our military operations have as their object
the defeat of the enemy, and the driving of him from
these territories. In order to complete this task,
I <r on charged with absolute and supreme control
of all regions in which British troops operate ; but
our armies do not come into your cities and lands
as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.
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3. Since the days of Halaka your city and your
lands have been subject to the tyranny of strangers,
your palaces have fallen into ruins, your gardens
have sunk in desolation, and your forefathers
and yourselves have groaned m bondage. Your
sons have been carried off to wars not of your
seeking, your wealth has been stripped from you
by unjust men and squandered in distant places
4. Since the days of Midhat, the Turks have
talked of reforms, yet do not the ruins and wastes
of to-day testify the vanity of those promises ?
5. It is the wish not only of my King and his
peoples, but it is also the wish of the great nations
with whom he is in alliance, that you. should
prosper even as in the past, when your lands were
fertile, when your ancestors gave to the world
literature, science, and art, and when Baghdad city
was one of the wonders of the world.
6 . Between your people and the dominions of
my King there has been a close bond of interest^
For 200 years have the merchants of Baghdad and
Great Britain traded together in mutual profit and
friendship. On the other hand, the Germans
and Turks who have despoiled you and yours,
have for 20 years made Baghdad a centre of power
from which to assail the power of the British and
the Allies of the British in Persia and Arabia.
Therefore the British Government cannot remain
indifferent as to what takes place in your country
now or in the future, for in duty to the interests of
the British people and their Allies, the British
Government cannot risk that being done in Baghdad
again which has been done by the Turks and
Germans during the war.
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This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations concern the administrative organisation and political control of Mesopotamia, as well as the external and internal boundaries of Iraq (also spelled Irak in the volume).
Related matters of discussion include the following: the text of the Baghdad proclamation; the future administration of the territory by the Foreign Office instead of the Government of India; the regulation of the new territory; the responsibilities of the Chief Political Officer in the new territory; the Turco-Persian frontiers. The correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials. The principal correspondents are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox; Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude; the War Office; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Department, 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 Under-Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy of India; the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; the Government of India.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains reports of the War Cabinet's Mesopotamia Administration Committee, as well as the following documents: memoranda on external frontiers and internal boundaries of Iraq (ff 17-18) (ff 20-25); a map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (f 28);
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 5320 (Mesopotamia Negotiations) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/666-667. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 197; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-195; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:27v, 29r:111v, 113r:120r, 121r:133v, 134ar:134av, 134r:139v, 140ar, 140r:145v, 149r:154v, 155ar, 155r:196v, back-i
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