'MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF BAGHDADI OFFICERS & FAMILIES FROM SYRIA'

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This part of the volume is concerned with the repatriation expenses of Mesopotamian [Iraqi] officers expelled from Syria, and their families [based in Damascus, Beirut and Jerusalem] who are unable to make their own arrangement to return to Iraq. In particular, it is concerned with: the number of the expelled officers; the number of those threatened with expulsion; the reasons for their expulsion; the total costs incurred or proposed to be incurred; discussion of whether the French authorities will share in the expense of the repatriation; and discussion of whether the British Government will pay for the return from the military, imperial or Mesopotamia funds.

Also discussed are: the question of which route to use for the repatriation of the officers; the number and identity of those receiving free passages; the news of certain officers writing letters to those returning to Iraq urging them to refuse service under the British Mandate; and the news that some of the Iraqi officers left in Syria have joined the Turkish army against the French.

The principal correspondents are: the Colonial Office, Downing Street; the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the High Commissioner, Egypt; the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 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. ; the War Office; Noury Said [Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Said]; the Army Council; the British Ambassador, Rome; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden; the General Headquarters, Egypt; and the Treasury Chambers.

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1 item (159 folios)

It is part of

File 5268/1920 PARTS 1 & 2 'IRAQ: RETURN OF BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA.'

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English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/913/2

Former external reference(s)

P 5268/1920 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Aug 1920-19 Sep 1921 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Expenses

People & organisations

War OfficeHM TreasuryHigh CommissionerColonial Office

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