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.
Abstract: This part contains copy correspondence sent to the India Office by the Foreign Office, relating to the following: applications for British visas to travel to Persia [Iran] made to the Military Control Officer at Stockholm by two Swedes, Carl Christian Rosencrantz and Johan Gustav Allan Sandberg, and the question of whether they were seeking to travel to Persia in order to take up appointments in the Persian Gendarmerie, or the Persian Police Administration; and the arrival in Stockholm, Sweden, of General Westdahl, Superintendent of the Persian Police, in order to engage three Swedish officials for the Persian Police.The correspondence is largely between the Foreign Office and the Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office, and between the Foreign Office and Patrick Ramsay, of the British Embassy, Stockholm.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)