Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
- Date:
- 1937/1945
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies:Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications.Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department.Two Heads of Section and ten Surveyors to be recruited through the Surveyor General of India.Judges.Director-General of Railways.Deputy Director-General of Railways.Assistant Engineer for the Iraqi Railways.Financial Adviser for the Ministry of Finance.Director of the Port of Basra.Two experts to carry out a comprehensive survey of Iraq’s mineral resources.Expert in criminal investigation.Chief Surveyor for major irrigation schemes.Forestry expert.The correspondence largely consists of India Office internal notes, and correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: the India Office and the Foreign Office; the India Office and the Government of India External Affairs Department; and the Foreign Office and HM Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis).The file includes a copy of the Government of Iraq ‘Form of Contract for Foreign Officials’ which is printed in both English and Arabic (folios 187 to 194).The file includes two dividers, which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 297; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-297; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Employment opportunities
Recruitment
Bilateral relations - Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001b5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001b5_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2894
IOR/L/PS/12/2894