Author
British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies:
Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications.
Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department.
Two Heads of Section and ten Surveyors to be recruited through the Surveyor General of India.
Judges.
Director-General of Railways.
Deputy Director-General of Railways.
Assistant Engineer for the Iraqi Railways.
Financial Adviser for the Ministry of Finance.
Director of the Port of Basra.
Two experts to carry out a comprehe
Publication Date
12 Apr 1937-19 Apr 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
292
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/12/2894
Record ID
vdc_100000000602.0x0001b5
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
12 Apr 1937-19 Apr 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies:
Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications.
Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department.
Two Heads of Section and ten Surveyors to be recruited through the Surveyor General of India.
Judges.
Director-General of Railways.
Deputy Director-General of Railways.
Assistant Engineer for the Iraqi Railways.
Financial Adviser for the Ministry of Finance.
Director of the Port of Basra.
Two experts to carry out a comprehensive survey of Iraq’s mineral resources.
Expert in criminal investigation.
Chief Surveyor for major irrigation schemes.
Forestry expert.
The correspondence largely consists of
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
internal notes, and correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
and the Foreign Office; the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
and the Government of India External Affairs Department; and the Foreign Office and HM Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis).
The file includes a copy of the Government of Iraq ‘Form of Contract for Foreign Officials’ which is printed in both English and Arabic (folios 187 to 194).
The file includes two dividers, which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
