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File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS' [19r] (48/586)
The record is made up of 1 volume (289 folios). It was created in 15 Nov 1920-31 Oct 1921. 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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Fallah
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
, No. 20, August 4.
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1. Leader on Democracy.
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Al
Fallah
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
, No. 21, August 7.
The Arab Empire.
tfa 1 *^^^he^flH^kiwwwell'that^the hfhabitants
IS not known to others It is he who first exerted himself in this cause and requested the Allies
to the Allief ^Editors ‘’shonH^/'n 8 S ° w ‘ 0 reaCh , a great result £or which hist ° r y win do hon h“
10 me Allies. Editors should follow his example step by step and leave the matter to th#>m
who know it mhmateiy, being guided by them. We ask the editors to confine themselves to thh
from ex?mi^ous%ubiSs haV No 7^ the 'f! 11011 shows that H. H. wishes to refrain
%t of the Aoqaf
wt we were not
hem.
irom extraneous subjects No one strives without reaching his goal and no doubt each Arab
country will work for the cause in its own area and these endeavours will reach the single result
wh.ch umtes the Arab race. Each country shall have its share. We are confidenh that Ihe
present political lelations do not prevent this end being reached if we be true to our determination
which^halways !he shortest ^ ^ our sacred cause on the stra.^^rS
&hsh and Indian
ding we now sa|
onth after theit
The Budget of Auqaf.
2. Proposal to annex the Auqaf to the general budget. We know there is no. connection
between the revenues of Auqaf and the general budget, therefore the affairs of Islamic Auqaf should
managed by special committees formed by Moslems as with other non-Moslem communities
where government has no right of supervision over their Auqaf. If the two budgets are joined
the mosques will be ruined because no one will look after them.
B 4 . eg i^uT^i di ?j S to the CounciI for permission to form an electric
light company to light Baghdad. Editor approves.
ant of what »!
1 of ' Iraq, Br
day and sent
hich, thanks to
the hypocrites
istit according
as a means of
greatly injured
liberals of this
hievous selfish
in Offices and
arder to avoid
eve that these
ronage of our
spreading in
4. The Kamalists proceed to Ismid. London news of July 7th. Crimes of the Greeks.
It is untrue that General Townsend has gone to Turkey.
Public opinion in England is no longer in favour of the Greeks on account of their crimes and
is turning to the Turks.
Al
Fallah
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
, No. 22, August 9.
Great News.
1. The League of Nations approved of the Japanese suggestion to form a committee to
•examine into the treatment of all native races.
The Declaration of Baqir Sami.
2. He said the Government of Angora was well-disposed to all Western Powers except the
Greeks. Turks are ready to renounce their rights in ‘Iraq and Syria but not in
Anatolia
Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey.
and
Thrace. He denies the alliance with the Bolshevists.
Turks and
, though this
t as we have
quickly and
Schools or Prisons ?
3. Denouncing the mullah schools as dirty and insanitary.
The Kamalists reach Zangirli Qapu.
4. From the Lisan at Muqaddasiyah. Recounting continuous advance of the Turks. No date
given.
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Lebanon
Al
Fallah
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
, No. 23, August 10.
Leader on Future Appointments.
1. Only capable men should be appointed. Such is the determination of the Amir.
Schools or Prisons.
2. A further complaint of the mulla schools outside Baghdad. Boys go there to clean and
sweep, not to learn.
3. The Amir ‘Abdullah holds a great reception at Irbid.
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- Content
This volume contains the Intelligence Reports of Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [also written as Iraq in this volume], based in Baghdad, covering the period 15 November 1920 to 15 September 1921. They largely relate to: the political situation in Mesopotamia and the surrounding region; the formation and proceedings of the provisional government; the events leading up to the creation of Mandatory Iraq [also known as the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration] and the election and appointment of Faisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] as the first King of Iraq [Fayṣal I].
The Intelligence Reports are numbered and appear to have been issued at two-week intervals. This volume contains the reports numbered 1-3, 9-19 and 21. There is no explanation in the volume regarding the reason for the absent reports. The format of the reports is a mixture of printed and copy typescript. Each report is preceded by a covering circular issued by the office of the High Commissioner indicating the British Government departments and the officers and departments in the Middle East to which the report was copied.
Report Nos. 1-3 are preceded by an assessment of the political situation described in the Intelligence Report, written by Major R Marrs.
The reports generally comprise the following sections:
- A summary of the report (from report No. 14 onwards only)
- An account of the proceedings of the Council of Ministers
- Analysis of current public opinion and allegiances, (notably an analysis of public opinion on the Amir [Emir] Faisal and his arrival in Mesopotamia, including a reference to his 'personal magnetism', f 88), in report Nos 16-19
- Notes on provincial affairs
- Notes on the situation at the frontiers
- Extracts of 'Iraq Police Abstracts of Intelligence' (reports No. 9-14 only).
Other subjects notably covered in various reports include:
- Assyrian, Armenian and Urumiyan [Urmian] refugees (report Nos. 2 and 19)
- Perceived foreign influences in Iraq (report Nos. 2 and 3)
- The withdrawal of Saiyid [Sayyid] Talib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Sayyid Ṭālib bin Rajab al-Naqīb] from the Government and Baghdad (report No. 12)
- Kurdistan (report Nos. 12-14)
- Turkish and Kurdish Frontiers (report No. 12)
- Dair al Zor [Deir ez-Zor] (report Nos. 1 and 12)
- Notes on 'Internal Affairs' (Nos. 18 and 19)
- Analysis of the referendum result which confirmed the election of Faisal as Iraq's first monarch (report No. 19)
- The formation of King Faisal's first cabinet (report No. 21).
Appendices are included with some reports, usually comprising copies of the High Commissioner's proclamations or communications 'to the people of Iraq' or documents relevant to the particular report (notably 'Provisional scheme for the re-organisation of the law courts' and 'Report of the committee constituted for studying the irrigation problem in Mesopotamia' in report No. 9).
Each report is concluded with a Supplement or Press Bureau Report, comprising extensive summaries and extracts of newspaper articles published in the local and 'foreign' (local region mainly) press. Notable publications cited are: Al 'Iraq , Al Fallah Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. , Al Dijlah , and (Syrian publication) Lissan al 'Arab.
The volume 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 end of the correspondence (front of the volume).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (289 folios)
- Arrangement
The reports are arranged mostly in numerical/chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. Report No. 18 is followed by Report No. 21 and then Report No. 19 which is the last report in the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 284; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and two ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 267a.
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- File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS'
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- Author
- Al Fallah xx Fallah
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