'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'

Title:

'Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.'

Creator:

Author: High Commissioner, Iraq

Date:

1920/1920

Description:

Abstract: This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox) following his arrival at Basrah [Basra] on 1 October 1920 in the direction of setting up a national administration ('National Assembly') in Iraq. The paper explains the role in this process of the provisional Council of State in Iraq.The document contains a 'Note on the proceedings of H.E. the High Commissioner since his arrival at Basrah' (folio 1) and cites official letters, telegrams, a press communique and a proclamation illustrating the formation and working of the Council of State. The document also includes:List of personnel of the Council of State (folio 1);Instructions for the Council of State (as finally issued) (folios 2-3);List of advisers appointed by the High Commissioner (folio 3);Memorandum of proceedings of informal meeting of Council of State, 10 November 1920 (folios 3-4).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 5 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-9 (folios 1-5).

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Council of State for Iraq

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000365_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000365_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B363
IOR/L/PS/18/B363

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