File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'

Title:

File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'

Date:

1919/1920

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 volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in specific regions and relevant tribal leaders, and includes descriptions of irrigation channels and their water flow rates, as well as geographical assessments for British occupation. The papers notably include the following:An index to the diaries of political officers of the Occupied Territories, as well as monthly reports of political officers in IraqBritish occupation forces proclamations, notifications (some in Arabic) and administration reports on a wide range of topics including: midwives; Inland Waters Shipping (Mesopotamia) Amendment; water flows in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers; the Mesopotamian spring harvest; Baghdad reformatory and civil jails; Government press; and districts such as the Emirate of Arabistan.General circulars (November-December 1919) issued by the Civil Administration of Iraq.Notable items include the following:‘Note on Nomad Arab Tribes’ by Major J I Eadie (ff 2-3)‘Note on tribes and shaikhs of Anah-Albu Kamal district’ [Anah, Iraq; Albu Kamal, Syria] by Captain Charles C Mylles, Assistant Political Officer, Anah-Albu Kamal. Includes an English/Arabic table giving details of tribes (ff 5-7)Report on the Tapu Department for 1919 (ff 11-16)Table on the ruling Al Rashid family of ShammarAn article from The Times Educational Supplement, 1 July 1922, ‘The Baghdad Reformatory’ (folio 187)‘Kurdistan: Rowanduz Affairs’, a printed note by Major William Rupert Hay, Political Officer, Erbil'Note on the Tribes and Shaikhs of Shatrah [Ash-Shaṭrah] district' by Captain C S J Berkeley (ff 330-333)‘Short history of Shatrah Tribes’ by Captain Bertram Sidney Thomas, Assistant Political Officer, Shatrah [Ash-Shatrah], published 1 September 1919 (ff 335-366)‘Note of the results of anti-plague inoculation in Baghdad during the epidemic of 1919’ by the Medical Officer, Baghdad (ff 354-358)Statistical information relating to the labouring workforce in the area under British occupation (f 487).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; and General Headquarters, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 487; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional pagination sequences are also present. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000204_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000204_en
IOR/L/PS/10/621
IOR/L/PS/10/621

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