'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General'

Title:

'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General'

Date:

1918/1933

Description:

Abstract: All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.The file includes:A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)A cutting from al awqaat al iraqiyya(The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics ( mujathids) in Iraq.Physical description: A bound correspondence volume. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence which is also written in pencil, but not circled, runs between ff 5-207. In addition to this, a very short sequence runs between ff 2D-4. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present in the volume.Foliation anomalies: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D; 27A and 27B; 88A and 88B; 159A, 159B and 159C; 163A and 163B

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Foreign relations

Geographic region:

Raikan
Nērva

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000163_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000163_en
IOR/R/15/1/382
IOR/R/15/1/382

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