File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia'

Title:

File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia'

Date:

1916/1921

Description:

Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the assignment of new staff to the administration of Mesopotamia or Iraq upon its occupation during the First World War. The majority of the papers contain correspondence between the Offices of the Civil Commissioner in Cairo and Baghdad, and the Offices of the Secretary of State for India, and discuss the possible assignment of British staff from Sudan or Egypt to Iraq.Of note are particular letters penned by Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sir Edgar Bonham Carter, and to Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 335; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 105-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Civil service
First World War (1914-1918)
Public administration

Geographic region:

Iraq
Baghdad

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00019b_en
IOR/L/PS/10/516
IOR/L/PS/10/516

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