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File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position' [162r] (332/402)
The record is made up of 1 volume (195 folios). It was created in 6 May 1917-8 Oct 1919. 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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Fram General Officer Commanding, Basra, UUh March 1917.
(Received at
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.
, 10 a.m., 17th March).
c ^ our .telegram of the 14th instant. Rate of issue not vet
lixed, as 1 left certain points m connection herewith should be submitted for
your decision before action is finally taken, vide my X. IffiM) of IGth j\Iarch
addiessed to foreign, India, and repeated to you. Translation is, however,
in hand, and as soon as further definite instructions are received from you,
proclamation will be issued in form directed by you.
V'rom General Officer Commanding, Force “ 70,” 16//a March 1917.
(Addressed to Foreign, repeated to Secretarg of State for India.)
(Received at
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.
, 10 a.m., 17th March.)
X IblO [? 1309j. Reference to the Secretary of State’s telegram dated
12th addressed to you, forwarding new draft proclamation for publication as to
which you will doubtless instruct me further. 1 submit with concurrence of
Sir P. Cox and Staff of Arab Bureau following points for consideration : —
Proclamation is addressed to people of Baghdad only, and predominant
element of population in that city is dews. Possibilities foreshadowed,
therefore, by announcement would greatly disturb and unsettle minds of
inhabitants who have seen British flag hoisted wdth fervour and relief, and
who would be dismayed if they were not confident, at all events for time
being, that they would be immune from oppression and corrupt methods of
late administration. Again, proclamation does not touch on subjects with
which feelings of communities in Baghdad and Irak are immediately
concerned, such as those enumerated in draft submitted for approval.
Would suggest, therefore, that original draft should be approved in
substance for publication, and that any further pronouncement which His
Majesty’s Government may think necessary from political aspect should be
announced in Parliament or in the press.
From General O fficer Commanding, Basra, olarch 191 <.
(Received at
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.
, 10 a.m. 17th March).
(Addressed to Foreign, repealed to Secretarij of State for India.)
X. 1310. 15th. Reference to Secretary of State’s telegram dated 13th,
addressed to you in reply to my request for officers, you may perhaps wish
t 0 have my views before dealing with matter. It is quite understood, after
termination of war, policy of His Majesty's Government may not contemplate ct
-norpctmthtri (h’ 1 '^q 1111 1" iuntinnlof British administration of Baghdad i A e ,
Init whilst war is in progress would submit that matter can only be dealt
with primarily from standpoint of security ami essential needs of this
force Lid secondly from aspect of local/.Our treops are a
present fully occupied with operations against l urks am this situation
s likeh- 'to continue. We have therefore neither time nor men
for handling Aral) population except by pacific means Hitherto
British influence has been limited to Basra Vilayet but if tins large
tract of ’territory had not been brought under normal administration
Xdlould have reniainod ini^ttled,
"Va “ 'VnV A) "i Si.™». «H-H. » wt* —r
. £.7 ‘ . w . v |.j r ] 1 h 1 . is already proved efficacious. Wherever suitable
MLXe soi d L emibyinent i'n subordinate branches of administration
Aiab peisonnc v 1 - . nillkp their services, but temporarily admini-
are available we shaU glaiUj f'f o£ Tui-ldsh personnel
stration has ceased o exlS i n -g j einployin°' in responsible positions any
S S5r:,'.:sS:.::SE n » trSs, fi)..-/,- -
9 rf
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people of the country..
Before
any truly
and with
Arab facade can be applied to
_ . 3 unti}. umu c ,ugaPoii' of law and order should be well
and 1 truly laTh 18 My request for officers would be strictly limited to what is
essential for safeguarding interests of this force.
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This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations concern the administrative organisation and political control of Mesopotamia, as well as the external and internal boundaries of Iraq (also spelled Irak in the volume).
Related matters of discussion include the following: the text of the Baghdad proclamation; the future administration of the territory by the Foreign Office instead of the Government of India; the regulation of the new territory; the responsibilities of the Chief Political Officer in the new territory; the Turco-Persian frontiers. The correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials. The principal correspondents are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox; Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude; the War Office; the Secretary of State for India; 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. ; the Under-Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy of India; the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; the Government of India.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains reports of the War Cabinet's Mesopotamia Administration Committee, as well as the following documents: memoranda on external frontiers and internal boundaries of Iraq (ff 17-18) (ff 20-25); a map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (f 28);
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (195 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 5320 (Mesopotamia Negotiations) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/666-667. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 197; 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 between ff 3-195; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:27v, 29r:111v, 113r:120r, 121r:133v, 134ar:134av, 134r:139v, 140ar, 140r:145v, 149r:154v, 155ar, 155r:196v, back-i
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