File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
- Date:
- 1919/1920
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of part five of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to proposed construction by the British authorities.The part contains correspondence discussing a proposed new civil station and military cantonment, which would be located in the southern vicinity of Baghdad. Correspondents include the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn), and officials of the India Office and the War Office.Included with this part are several plans showing the layout of the proposed sites, as well as the layout of a proposed Baghdad railway.Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military buildings
Building construction - Geographic region:
- Baghdad
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000004_en
IOR/L/PS/10/847/5
IOR/L/PS/10/847/5