Author
a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919
Publication Date
18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
219
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/382
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000163
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
18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.
The file includes:
A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).
A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).
A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).
A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)
A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)
A cutting from
al awqaat al iraqiyya
(The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).
A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)
A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)
Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics (
mujathids
) in Iraq.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 23/15 A Series: 23/19 I Confidential Series: D 89
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
'ROUGH SKETCH MAP OF NERVA AND RAIKAN DISTRICTS’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/382, f 54
A map showing the Turco-Persian frontier
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/382, f 55
