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‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’ [177r] (39/117)
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Draft Paper.
Department.
(P 7682) From Secretary of State to High Commissioner, Mesopotamia,
23rd October 1920.
{Repeated Viceroy.)
2753. My No. 2506, dated 13th October. El’ahd Society.
(1) Information received from reliable source states that Emir Feisal has been
asked to join League of Oppressed Nations. He declined on the ground that he could
not work on this political body. He nominated his brother Zeid in his place. Latter
is now in Rome. General Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has also joined League.
(2) League of Oppressed Nations is in close liaison with Asiatic Islamic Federation
mentioned in my telegram No. 2361, dated 7th October, para. 5. It seeks to unify
Irish, Egyptian,, Persian and Indian intrigues, and has support of Moscow and Berlin,
and is very active in Italy.
(3) Too much stress need not be laid on this particular information, but it
emphasises point that if we are to make any use of El’ahd it is desirable not to defer
our overtures until its leading members such as Nuri are definitely committed to our
enemies.
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This part of the volume is concerned with the return of leading Iraqi officers Gaafar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. el Askari [Jafar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Askari, also written as Jaafar and Jafar] and Nury Said [Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Said, also written as Noury] to Iraq.
Also discussed are the appointment of Percy Cox as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the British Government’s proposal that Sherif Feisal [Sharif Faysal bin Husayn bin Ali al-Hashimi] should be offered the Emirate of Mesopotamia; the creation of an Arab State in Mesopotamia headed by an independent Arab Government and mandated by the British; the relation between Sharif Feisal and the French in Syria; the arrangement of a meeting between Jafar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Percy Cox at Port Said; and the need to encourage division between Arabs and Turks which could lead to the friendship between Arabs and British.
The principal correspondents are: the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Foreign Department; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the British Consul, Port Said, Egypt; the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Nury Said.
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- ‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’
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- 158r:159v, 161r:174v, 176r:184r, 185r:213v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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