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'Mesopotamia. Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest' [129r] (8/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1920. 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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SECRET.
Chart Showing Inter-Connection
oJ the various Intriguing Elements
BERLIN.
SWITZERLAND.
Mouvahiddin in league with
(Society.)
Great National Assembly.
Nadi-al Arabi in league with
(Society.)
Pan-Islamic
Propaganda.
Syrian N ationalists.
A
P ro T urks . A jaimi S a'adun.
Damascus C ongress.
A l A hd M aulud P asha
(Society). R amazan S halash.
P an -I slamic
P ropaganda.
M esopotamian
N ationalists.
P ro -T urks.
B
Note.—It is not possible to show, without confusion in the above, that:—
(а) The M ouvahiddin and N adi-al- A rabi combined for mutual support of a pan-Islamic
nature.
(б) That A jaimi S a'adun worked in conjunction with Ramazan S halash.
(c) That Al A hd was in league with S yrian N ationalists.
With the exception of "A" on the u Dexter " side and U B" on the "Sinister" the former
represents Turkish agitation and the latter Arab.
2444—1 200 10.20
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This printed memorandum, marked ’Very Secret', is the first part a preliminary report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Special Intelligence Officer attached to the Political Department, 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. , dated 14 September 1920, concerning the causes of the Iraqi revolt against the British in 1920. There are details concerning pro-Turkish, pan-Islamist and nationalist elements in Iraq, as well as external influence from Germany and Bolshevik Russia. The report includes a 'Chart Showing Inter-Connection of the various Intriguing Elements' (folio 129). Marginal references are made to an appendix which is not present. The second part of the report is IOR/L/PS/18/B350.
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Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 126, and terminates at folio 130, 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 also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Mesopotamia. Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest'
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- front, 126r:130v, back
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