File 4722/1918 Pt 9 'Mesopotamia: Control of'

Title:

File 4722/1918 Pt 9 'Mesopotamia: Control of'

Creator:

Author: HM Ambassador to Egypt

Date:

1920/1920

Description:

Abstract: The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the question of responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and other former Ottoman territories under some form of British control following the First World War.The papers concern a number of matters, including:A proposal for a new government department to oversee British administration in the Middle EastThe need to retain civil service staff employed in the region and inform them of their futures at the earliest possible dateAdministrative and military expenditure in MesopotamiaThe question of troop numbers in Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, and Persia [Iran].The correspondence is between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, and War Office, and the High Commissioner in Bagdad [Baghdad], Sir Percy Cox.At the back of the volume (folios 26-37) is a copy, in French, of the organic and electoral laws of Egypt, as promulgated on 21 July 1918, with a memorandum by Viscount Kitchener [Herbert Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener], Consul-General at Cairo.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 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Organic law
Colonial administration

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Middle East

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000290_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000290_en
IOR/L/PS/10/762
IOR/L/PS/10/762

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