Author
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq
Publication Date
7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
663
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/10/620
Record ID
vdc_100000000419.0x000203
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
7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notifications from the British occupation forces, descriptions of rivers, agriculture and land revenue, and tribes.
The papers notably include the following:
Monthly reports of political officers in Iraq
British occupation forces proclamations and notifications on a wide range of topics
General circulars of the British occupation forces.
Notable items include the following:
Extracts from the
German Official Handbook
on Mesopotamia published in Berlin, October 1917 (ff 650-660)
English translations of Turkish [Ottoman] laws (ff 594-602)
Notification (in English and Arabic) of the 1919 Baghdad Penal Code
Monthly reports of political officers of the Occupied Territories, January 1919
Statements in Arabic from various communities containing their views on self-determination (ff 462-485)
A compilation of proclamations and notices relating to civil administration and the inhabitants of the Baghdad Wilayet [Vilayet], 22 December 1916-31 December 1918, Office of the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 410-460)
Notes on the characters of tribes (and their shaikhs) of the Qalat Sikar [ Qalʻat Sukkar] District, 1919 (ff 388-391)
Notes on Kurdish tribes (located on and beyond the borders of the Mosul Vilayet and westwards to the Euphrates) compiled in the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, July 1919 (ff 195-228)
Handbook entitled Tapu (Turkish ‘title deed’ or ‘proof of ownership’ certificate) Office Procedure in dealing with mülk (a form of Ottoman land tenure similar to freehold or private land)
Western affluents of the Euphrates River and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran (ff 77-88).
Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, Baghdad; High Commissioner, Cairo; HM Minister, Tehran; Controller of War Accounts, Simla; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Karachi; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Bombay [Mumbai].
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3540 (Mesopotamia: miscellaneous papers) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/617-622. The volumes are divided into six parts with each part comprising one volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
P 3540/1916
