Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee

Title:

Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee

Date:

1917/1917

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises the Minutes of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee held between May and July 1917.The minutes consider the administrative structure in post-war Mesopotamia and staffing of the High Commission. It also considers British and French positions and interests as well as the position of other allies such as Italy and Russia. The correspondence discuss the proposals for an Arab state and how it could be aligned with British interests. The formation of an Arab Legion military force features in a note by Sir Mark Sykes with commentary by the Foreign Office and Sir Ronald Wingate (ff 22-31).Correspondents include Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs, Sir Mark Sykes, and Sir Percy Zachariah Cox.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional typed mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present between ff 3-38.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military occupation
Military administration

Geographic region:

Arabian Peninsula
Mesopotamia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002dc_ar
81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002dc_en
IOR/L/MIL/5/770
IOR/L/MIL/5/770

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