‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’

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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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1 item (58 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

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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.

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/913/1

Former external reference(s)

P 5268/1920 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Jul 1920-11 Dec 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomacyEmployment

People & organisations

Ja'far Pasha al-'AskarīFayṣal INūrī al-Sa‘īd

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