‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF LEADING BAGHDADIS FROM SYRIA. JAAFAR PASHA [and] NURI SAID PASHA’
- Date:
- 1920/1920
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume is concerned with the return of leading Iraqi officers Gaafar Pasha el Askari [Jafar Pasha al-Askari, also written as Jaafar and Jafar] and Nury Said [Nuri Pasha al-Said, also written as Noury] to Iraq.Also discussed are the appointment of Percy Cox as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the British Government’s proposal that Sherif Feisal [Sharif Faysal bin Husayn bin Ali al-Hashimi] should be offered the Emirate of Mesopotamia; the creation of an Arab State in Mesopotamia headed by an independent Arab Government and mandated by the British; the relation between Sharif Feisal and the French in Syria; the arrangement of a meeting between Jafar Pasha and Percy Cox at Port Said; and the need to encourage division between Arabs and Turks which could lead to the friendship between Arabs and British.The principal correspondents are: the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Foreign Department; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the British Consul, Port Said, Egypt; the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Nury Said.Physical description: 1 item (58 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Employment
Ja'far Pasha al-'Askarī
Fayṣal I - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100123714730.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100123714730.0x000002_en
IOR/L/PS/10/913/1
IOR/L/PS/10/913/1