Abstract: Imprint:Copied by Mohommad Hashim H.E. the High Commissioner’s Office. Reproduced by Survey Directorate Baghdad, No.811, Dated 3-6-21.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.Upper margin: 'Map attached to appendix III of H.E. the High Commissioiner’s dispatch No. C.O/120 dated 9th December 1921'.The administrative boundary marked on the map is approximate and coincide with the Treaty boundary in the Nerva Reikan neighbourhood.Includes key to symbols and table of reference.Physical description: Dimensions:195 x 319 mm, on sheet 285 x 362 mm
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
Abstract: A photographic copy of ‘APPENDIX IV. MAP ENCLOSURE TO H.E. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S DESPATCH NO. C.O/120 DATED 9TH DECEMBER 1921’.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.Existing and proposed boundaries, and Turco-Persian Frontier as delimited in 1914 shown in colours with a key of reference inserted in the upper right.Numbered for reference with coordinates added in black ink.Physical description: Materials:Photographic print with additions in pen and inkDimensions:179 x 360 mm, on sheet 240 x 374 mm