'Baghdad'
IOR/L/PS/18/B253
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The record is made up of 1 file (1 folio). It was created in 19 Mar 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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This file contains the text of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's proclamation in Baghdad on the occasion of the British occupation in March 1917. This proclamation was issued following the 'Fall of Baghdad', a decisive victory for the British during the Mesopotamian Campaign. Maude largely focuses on the various parties (in particular the Turks [Ottomans]) who have previously been involved with the oppression and division of the area and assures the people of Baghdad that the British Government only seeks to improve their situation.
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- 1 file (1 folio)
- Arrangement
This file consists of a single document.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 122, and terminates at f 122, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B253
- Former external reference(s)
- P 1116/1917
- Date(s)
- 19 Mar 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918)Colonialism
- Places
- Baghdad
- People & organisations
- Sir Frederick Stanley Maude
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B253
- Title
- 'Baghdad'
- Pages
- 122r:122v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
