File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
- Date:
- 1918/1920
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notifications from the British occupation forces, descriptions of rivers, agriculture and land revenue, and tribes.The papers notably include the following:Monthly reports of political officers in IraqBritish occupation forces proclamations and notifications on a wide range of topicsGeneral circulars of the British occupation forces.Notable items include the following:Extracts from the German Official Handbookon Mesopotamia published in Berlin, October 1917 (ff 650-660)English translations of Turkish [Ottoman] laws (ff 594-602)Notification (in English and Arabic) of the 1919 Baghdad Penal CodeMonthly reports of political officers of the Occupied Territories, January 1919Statements in Arabic from various communities containing their views on self-determination (ff 462-485)A compilation of proclamations and notices relating to civil administration and the inhabitants of the Baghdad Wilayet [Vilayet], 22 December 1916-31 December 1918, Office of the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 410-460)Notes on the characters of tribes (and their shaikhs) of the Qalat Sikar [ Qalʻat Sukkar] District, 1919 (ff 388-391)Notes on Kurdish tribes (located on and beyond the borders of the Mosul Vilayet and westwards to the Euphrates) compiled in the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, July 1919 (ff 195-228)Handbook entitled Tapu (Turkish ‘title deed’ or ‘proof of ownership’ certificate) Office Procedure in dealing with mülk (a form of Ottoman land tenure similar to freehold or private land)Western affluents of the Euphrates River and Wadi Hauran (ff 77-88).Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, Baghdad; High Commissioner, Cairo; HM Minister, Tehran; Controller of War Accounts, Simla; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Karachi; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Bombay [Mumbai].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 663; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional, intermittent foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-660; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force
- Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000203_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000203_en
IOR/L/PS/10/620
IOR/L/PS/10/620