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205. File 1846/1912 Pt 1-2 'Turkey in Asia: Shatt al Arab Riverain Commission'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence and draft agreements relating to the establishment of the Shatt al Arab Riverain Commission in Ottoman Iraq. The files discuss the Commission's proposed functions on regulating trade and traffic at the Shatt al Arab estuary, but mostly discuss the governing conventions of the Commission and its independence from local Turkish Authorities.The correspondence is mainly between British authorities at the India Office and various British diplomatic missions writing from the capitals of the various European powers involved in talks on the establishment of the Commission in question. Significantly, the papers discuss the possibility of internationalising the Shatt al Arab waterway. However, in view of the fact that the Ottoman claim to the waterway was indisputable, British authorities opted for stronger Imperial Ottoman rather than local Ottoman control over the Commission's activities so as to ostensibly ensure fair treatment of international vessels navigating the Shatt al Arab.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 323; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
206. File 4097/1914 Pt 1 'Basra administration'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the civil administration of Basra and its environs after its takeover by British forces during the First World War, such as the city's police force. Other topics covered in the papers include the importation of Indian Staff for the new administration, the suppression of arms trafficking, and Sir Percy Cox's political role in Iraq following the War. The papers are primarily reports and exchanges between the Viceroy's office in India and British military authorities in Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
207. File 4097/1914 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; military officers appointed to civil administration'
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- Abstract: This volume contains requests for skilled personnel from British civil and military authorities in newly occupied territory in Iraq written between 1916 and 1920, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India. The papers primarily consist of letters from Basra or Baghdad requesting the secondment or requisition of staff to Iraq from India. The letters discuss the various roles required as well as their pay and tenure. The roles range from police superintendents to postal clerks, police officers, medical staff and a range of other military personnel.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 348; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
208. File 53/1915 Pt 3-4 'German War - The Caliphate'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur McMahon's correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, Grand Sharif of Mecca. The volume is divided into two parts. The first part (IOR/L/PS/10/525/1) is particularly focussed on discussion of negotiations with Jemal Pasha.Further discussion surrounds the advance on Baghdad, the protection of Muslim shrines and the deferment of any public pronouncement on the caliphate until Baghdad has been captured by British forces.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge); and the Sherif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī).The volume comprises parts 3-4 of 6 parts. Both parts include a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
209. File 1323/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the temporary administration of Baghdad Vilayet [province] and the question of the type of postage stamps to be used for the civil post office at Baghdad during the British occupation. The correspondence is particularly related to a small supply of Turkish stamps that was found in Baghdad after the Ottoman troops left the city. The British Government proposed to issue these stamps with the overprint 'Baghdad under British Occupation.' The volume includes correspondence with stamp printing firms and publishers to provide lists of the Turkish stamps and their values. The volume also includes correspondence between Buckingham Palace and the India Office arranging for a collection of the overprinted Turkish stamps to be sent to His Majesty King George V. Another set of stamps and envelopes was also kept aside in order to use it in an exhibition at the National/Imperial War Museum, London. The main correspondents in the volume are: John Evelyn Shuckburgh; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Viceroy of India's Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; the Government of India's Department of Commerce and Industry; Harrison and Sons Limited; and Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 272; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
210. File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the 1923-24 Kuwait Conference to arbitrate the Najd-Transjordan and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. Includes the following:resumption of Conference in absence of Iraqi delegates following Ikhwan raid;breakdown and end of Conference;copy of text of Najdi `Green Book' on Kuwait Conference consisting mainly of extracts from the proceedings of the conference and copies of official correspondence.Included in the volume is an index to the proceedings (folio 99). The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Colonies, London; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Stuart George Knox; the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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 1-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
211. File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of negotiation and the creation of the Anglo-Iraqi treaty.The papers notably cover:Negotiations, alterations, and presentations of the Treaty itself between Iraq and British Government officialsThe duration of the TreatyThe liability for the cost of alternative accommodation for the Royal Air Force, and the leasing of sites for an air base in BasraThe financial agreement between the British Government and the Iraqi GovernmentInstructions to the High Commissioner for Iraq, detailing the principles of his role and his relations with the Government of IraqBritish Civil Service regulations in IraqIraqi railway management and administration.The volume contains documents such as:A pamphlet on Iraq’s Nationality Law, dated October 1924 (ff 610-611)‘Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak regarding the duration of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Irak of October 10, 1922’. Treaty Series No. 10 (1926) (ff 599-600)Memorandum on policy in Iraq by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated November 1929 (ff 560-561)Draft records of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 (ff 430-440, ff 406-409, ff 379-386, ff 370-378, ff 361-369, ff 331-339, ff 293-298, ff 264-279, ff 170-184 and ff 154-169)Draft copy of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930) (ff 124-135)Complete record of proceedings of meetings between the British and Iraqi delegations, dated April-June 1930 and concerning the proposed new Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (ff 27-56) Copy of an article from the Baghdad Arabic newspaper Al Bilad, dated Monday 21 July 1930, written by Mahmoud Ramiz Beg [Maḥmūd Rāmiz Beg], and entitled ‘The People’s Opinion Concerning The Treaty’ (ff 10-13).The principal correspondents are as follows: Henry Dobbs, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India; Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Acting High Commissioner in Iraq; the Air Ministry.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 731; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
212. File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Royal Navy support for Kuwait; proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on mission to Ibn Sa`ud
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].Specifically, the correspondence relates to Ikhwan raids into Iraqi and Kuwaiti territory, Ibn Sa'ud's relations with Kuwait and Iraqi tribes, Royal Navy support for Kuwait and a proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh.The principal correspondents in the file are officials at the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Political Residency in Bushire and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London.Also enclosed are a number of letters exchanged between Ibn Sa'ud and British officials (in Arabic with English translations).On folios 155-163 the file contains a translation of an article entitled 'Iraq and Najd' that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper Umm al-Quraon 24 February 1928.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 258; 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 3-257; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
213. File 4044/1913 Pts 1-2 'Bagdad Railway Negotiations'
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- Abstract: The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiations, conducted between the following: the India Office Political Department; the Foreign Office; the British Ambassador to Berlin (Sir William Edward Goschen); the Imperial German Ambassador to London (Karl Max Fürst von Lichnowsky); the Councillor at the German Embassy (Richard von Kühlmann); and the Ottoman Finance Minister (Mehmed Cavid Bey).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 287; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
214. File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between administrators in British-occupied Basra, and the Government of India relating to obtaining new civil staff for British-occupied territory in Iraq. This includes requests to obtain political officers as well as senior civil engineers required during the immediate post-war period in Iraq. Much of the correspondence is specifically between Sir Percy Cox and the Political Department at the secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 179; 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 3-177; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
215. File 4097/1914 Pt 4-5 'Mesopotamia'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the assignment of new staff to the administration of Mesopotamia or Iraq upon its occupation during the First World War. The majority of the papers contain correspondence between the Offices of the Civil Commissioner in Cairo and Baghdad, and the Offices of the Secretary of State for India, and discuss the possible assignment of British staff from Sudan or Egypt to Iraq.Of note are particular letters penned by Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sir Edgar Bonham Carter, and to Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 335; 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 105-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
216. File 44/21 (2) ‘War Middle East Intelligence Centre Tour of Head of Intelligence Centre in Iraq, Iran & Persian Gulf. (Arrangements for P. I. A. W.)’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India regarding the ‘Defence Regulations made under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council 1939’. The regulations apply in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Muscat and Oman. The file also contains a report on a visit to Iraq made by the Head of the Middle East Intelligence Centre between 12 and 15 October 1939. The report is issued by the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, and it covers the following subheadings: the Objects of the Tour; the Preventive Intelligence Arab World [PIAW] in Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf; the Situation in Iraq; the Propaganda in Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf; and Propaganda General.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.