File 4722/1918 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: SITUATION’

Title:

File 4722/1918 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: SITUATION’

Date:

1919/1920

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of and situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the Agreement of 1916 between the French and British governments and the self-determination of Mesopotamia.The papers notably cover:The argument for establishing Mesopotamia as a British ProtectorateDescription of the general situation in MesopotamiaRelations between British officers and those in MesopotamiaResolution on Mesopotamia, Mosul, Baghdad and BasraThe statutes for the independence of Iraq (ff 127-130)Conversations regarding self-determination in MesopotamiaMention of British troops movements in MesopotamiaMilitary reports regarding disturbances around Mesopotamia.The principal correspondents are: Political Department, India Office, London; Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; Military Governor, Baghdad; Military Department, India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional intermittent foliation sequences are also present between ff 15-256 and ff 32-57; 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 196a.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Independence
Political affairs
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force

Geographic region:

Syria
Mesopotamia
Iraq

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028a_en
IOR/L/PS/10/756
IOR/L/PS/10/756

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