File 2879/1919 Pt 2, ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Amadia Incident’ [‎143r] (1/128)

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This item relates to a violent incident on 14 July 1919 in Amadia [Amadiya], central Kurdistan, during which Captain D Willey and Lieutenant Hamish MacDonald, both of the 13th Hussars, were killed by ‘local gendarmes’ (f 200) and other officers and civilians injured. The papers notably cover and include:

• The origins of, and course of events during the outbreak of ‘trouble’ (f 202) in Amadia, including a ‘Report on murders in Amadia’ (ff 175-178), by Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard E Leachman, Political Officer, Mosul, 25 August 1919
• Discussion of the possible anti-Christian as well as anti-British tone of the outbreak, following reports of the murder of Christians in the neighbourhood and pillaging of Christian villages (f 200)
• The military operations and punitive measures undertaken by British forces to suppress further ‘uprisings’ and to ‘restore peace’ (f 184), and discussion of possible future British presence in Amadia
• A report to the Under Secretary of State for India, by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, dated 4 August 1919, detailing proposals for the repatriation to Kurdistan of Assyrian refugees (mostly Nestorian Christians) currently at Ba’qubah [Baqubah], involving the removal (with compensation) of Kurds in specified areas (ff 191-193)
• 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. correspondence with James F MacDonald, father of Hamish MacDonald, including the father’s virulent criticism of the policies of British authorities in Mesopotamia (ff 157-172)
• A report to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, by J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, entitled ‘Notes on Frontier affairs in the Amadia-Zakho area’, 21 October 1919, indicating the current situation and the way in which he proposes to deal with it (ff 144-153).

The primary correspondents are 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. and Secretary of State for India; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia; War Office; and the Political Officer, Mosul.

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