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‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’ [186r] (57/117)
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Poreign Office. S • W. 1
September 11th.. 1920.
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“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
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Sir:-
Y/ith reference to your letter of the 21st. ultimo
ho. P 6277, respecting the departure of Sir P. Cox xor
Mesopotamia, I am directed ty Earl Curzon of Kedleston to
say that he trusts that Sir P. Cox will endeavour, at the
earliest possible moment after his arrival, to associate
some prominent Arabs in the Government of the country.
f Lord Curzon is av/are that it was proposed uo invite
Jaffar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to go to Mesopotamia, but Jafxar is now
with the Emir Eeisal and His Majesty's Government^can
scarcely press him to go to Mesopotamia and assist m tne
work of pacification unless they contemplate utilising
the services of the Emir. Moreover Jaffar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
could not
now reach Mesopotamia in much less than two mom-ns.
One of the principal dangers, not only to British
policy in Mesopotamia, but to British policy elsewhere, is
the relation between Mustapha Kemal and the Mesopotamian
extremists. Mustapha Kemal will promise help in establishing
their independence and will certainly intend to substitute
for such independence later on, reincorpo~ution in tne
Ottoman dominions. It is necessary therefore to begin as
soon as possible to work for Arab independence of a kind which
will lead to division between Turks and Arabs and amioy
The Under Secretary of State,
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.
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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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