File 3156/1918 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: Administration- [Past, Present & Future] Parliamentary Questions & Public Criticism 1920’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 3156/1918 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: Administration- [Past, Present & Future] Parliamentary Questions & Public Criticism 1920’
- Date:
- 1920/1920
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports, minutes, Parliamentary notices and extracts from Hansardand from The Timesnewspaper. The correspondence is mainly related to Parliamentary questions, addressed to the Prime Minister or to the Secretary of State for India, and their answers, on the topic of the civil and military administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The main Parliamentary questions debated in the volume are the following:The form of civil administration to be set up in Mesopotamia, and the department of Government to be responsible for thatThe number of British and Indian troops stationed in Mesopotamia, and how many of the Indian officers are Muslims and how many are non-MuslimsThe extent to which the revenues of Mesopotamia are meeting the expenditureThe future of the oil and mineral resources of MesopotamiaThe question of choosing an Arab king or an Arab head of state in MesopotamiaThe political and military situation in bordering areas such as Syria and PalestineThe future of the Kurdish people in the mountains in north Mesopotamia, and the Arab tribesThe possibility of Mesopotamia becoming ‘Indianised’ by planting military colonies particularly in BasraThe need to conclude a treaty of peace with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]The cost of the civil administration and the revenue collected in Mesopotamia in the year 1919-20, and the budget estimates for the financial year 1920-21The progress being made in the drafting of the organic law.The volume includes a Draft Mandate subject to the approval of the League of Nations (folios 173-175). It also includes two published daily reports:‘PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, 25TH JUNE, 1920. Vol. 40.-No. 50. OFFICIAL REPORT. [UNREVISED]’ covering the question of Mesopotamia and several bills advanced, mainly private bills and official secrets bill (folios 130-145)‘PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. HOUSE OF LORDS. WEDNESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 1920. Vol. 42.-No. 83. OFFICIAL REPORT. [UNREVISED]’ covering two main topics: cathedrals and churches, and national expenditure (folios 12-24).The main correspondents in the volume are: the Prime Minister; the India Office; the Secretary of State for India; the War Office; the Under-Secretary of State for India, Political Department; the Viceroy, Finance Department; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 214; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The foliation sequence includes one foliation anomaly: f 103a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Administration
Financial administration
Revenue - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000285_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000285_en
IOR/L/PS/10/751
IOR/L/PS/10/751