File 4722/1918 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Constitution; Colonel Wilson's request for p[rivate]p[apers]'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 4722/1918 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Constitution; Colonel Wilson's request for p[rivate]p[apers]'
- Date:
- 1920/1920
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume consists of correspondence (copies, drafts and originals), minutes, and memoranda relating to the future constitution and administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The subject of the volume is a request made by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, to the India Office for specific papers concerning constitutional matters in Mesopotamia. These papers were connected to a letter from the War Office (No. 0152/5184, 5 January 1920 – not present in this volume) and include correspondence between Percy Cox, Acting Minister in Teheran [Tehran], and Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, plus several India Office memoranda on the subject.The volume contains copies of the papers in question as well as correspondence between Wilson and officials at the India Office and Foreign Office regarding the matter. Further copies of correspondence from political officers across Mesopotamia are included as enclosures.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 25; 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Constitutions
Colonial administration - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00028c_en
IOR/L/PS/10/758
IOR/L/PS/10/758