'Mesopotamian Constitution. Memorandum by Mr. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, on the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee'
'Mesopotamian Constitution. Memorandum by Mr. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, on the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee'
'Mesopotamian Constitution. Memorandum by Mr. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, on the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee'
Abstract: This printed memorandum, dated 26 May 1920, by Henry Robert Conway Dobbs, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, concerns the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee which sat in April 1920 to discuss constitutional reform in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum discusses various paragraphs and clauses from the committee's proposals, namely: 'Para. 15. Council of State', 'Para. 17. Constitution of Legislative Assembly', and 'Para. 18. Functions of the Legislative Assembly'. There is also a paragraph discussing the 'Functions of the High Commissioner'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 110, and terminates at folio 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.