File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
- Date:
- 1918/1919
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the Anglo-French Declaration of November 1918. The volume also concerns the subject of self-determination in Persia [Iran].The papers notably cover:Discussion of advance interpretations of the 1916 AgreementThe Anglo-French Declaration of November 1918, which publicised their intentions and policy in the former Ottoman territories of Syria and IraqPresentation of the 1918 Declaration to the President of the United States of America by the French Ambassador to the US, Jean Adrien Antoine Jules JusserandDisagreement between the British and French visions of the future administration of MesopotamiaThe situation in southern KurdistanThe 1919 Paris Peace ConferenceApprehensions of the Baghdad Jewish community about the tenor of the Anglo-French Declaration, including a petition to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, requesting to be made subjects of the British CrownReaction to the Declaration from the across the Arab worldDisagreement among the British over the form that Britain’s control in Mesopotamia should takeThe views of the principal sheikhs [shaikhs] of Mesopotamia on the 1918 AgreementDiscussion among British officials of the benefits of control over Mesopotamia and the view of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, Arnold Talbot Wilson, on the situation in MesopotamiaDiscussion of the potential candidates for the head of the new state of IraqReports on consultations with political and religious leaders and inhabitants from across Iraq on the future Government of IraqThe views of Sir Percy Cox and Arnold Wilson on the situation in MesopotamiaThe question of the future political status of Mesopotamia, including the views of British officers serving in Syria and the HejazDiscussion of the question of Iraqi self-determination.Notable documents in this volume include:Text by Sir Percy Cox regarding ‘The Future of Mesopotamia’ (ff 308-310 and ff 270-272)Extracts from The Times, 26 November 1819, including a series of articles under the title ‘The Arab Campaign’ (ff 230-232)The statutes for the independence of Iraq (ff 127-130)A memorandum by Major W H Young regarding the future of Mesopotamia (ff 99-112)Copies of ‘Self-determination in Iraq’ in Arabic (ff 75-97) and English (ff 57-73).The principal correspondents are: the India Office, Political Department; the Governor-General of India; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Military Governor and Political Officer, Baghdad; Government of India, Military Department, the French Ambassador to the United States; and the British Embassy, Paris.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 334; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains two anomalies: f 181a and f 181b.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Colonial administration
Political affairs - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
Syria - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000289_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000289_en
IOR/L/PS/10/755
IOR/L/PS/10/755