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File 4722/1918 Pt 8 'Mesopotamia: Situation' [483r] (979/995)
The record is made up of 1 volume (491 folios). It was created in 28 Jun 1920-11 Feb 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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were located by planes in eplte of fact that the whereabouts
of the raiding party was known#
On May 5th, I proceeded with Major Witts, Brigade Ma jor
and two armoured oars to Ashara twenty miles upstream of Sela-
hiyah. je met Midhar deg Assistant to Maulud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and All
Jaudat Beg who were representing Maulud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at a conference
to decide the new hotmdary#
2he meeting was tat friendly and finally an agreement
was reached by which the boundary between British and ^rab
territory should be temporarily fixed at a point seven miles
down Suream of Abu Xamal# fhe Arab delegates strongly urged
that the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran should be the boundary, on the strength
it having been the boundary for a short time before the war#
We returned to AbpL Kamal in the evening#
On May 6th the troops at Balahiyah were withdrawn without
trouble#
On May 7th Amin Uaji and 40 Arab cavalry, one gun and a
Machine gun arrived at Abu Kamal early in the morning* During
the day a camel convoy under escort proceeding to Al ^feim were
sniped and stampeded, throwing their loads and attracting the
whole country side on the chance of loot# Troops were sent out
and the situation quietened but several men of the camel convoy
escort were killed and enormous quantity of supplies lost* x
advised the 0.0*0# to at once order the withdrawal of the Arab
troops in the kwam town in order to restore our prestige* jje
agreed and I gave the Arab Oommander orders accordingly* j
then left the town to endeavour to round up the camel convoy and
recover the loads* On my departure the 0*0*0# withdrew his
order to the Arab Oommander* i must record that x consider
this action was one of the causes of our troubles afterwards*
In the evening Midher Beg, Ali Jaudat Beg, T«wfiq Beg, Oommanding
Cavalry Tewfiq Beg^ Oommanding Gendarmerie, Dair-ez-Zor
Abdur Hazaq Munir, the new Qaimmaqam of Abu Kamal arrived# The
first two dined with G*0.0* and expressed most cordial sentiments
which sounded sincere to anyone who had not heard the same
wmam
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The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and departmental notes relating to rebellion against British mandatory rule in Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], later known as the Iraqi Revolt of 1920.
The volume covers the period from the start of unrest in May 1920 to British imposition of control in October of the same year. The majority of the volume comprises reports from political officers across Mesopotamia on the situation in their respective divisions and districts.
Other matters discussed within the volume include:
- The suspected causes of the uprising, including fears of ‘Bolshevik’ and pro-Turkish influence
- Settlement of the border between Syria and Mesopotamia
- Military strategy and operations, including the need for reinforcements
- The severing of British lines of communication, particularly rail
- The efficacy and principles of the use of armoured cars and air raids as means of control following numerous cases of misidentification and disproportionate force that resulted in the deaths and injuries of innocent people
- Political and civil policy in the region
- Identification and arrest of some of the leaders of the rebellion
- The prominence of events in Mesopotamia in the British press
- The question of disarming the tribes following the suppression of the rebellion.
Principal correspondents include officials at: 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. ; the Office of the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia (from November 1920, the High Commissioner); the War Office; General Headquarters of the military in Mesopotamia; and the Government of India, Foreign and Political and Army departments.
The volume contains cuttings from several publications, including: The Times , The Statesman , The Observer , The Daily Herald , The Daily Mail , The Baghdad Times , and The Near East .
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 back of the correspondence. A second divider is included, for File 4722/1918 Part 7, entitled ‘Mesopotamia: Sir A. Wilson’s invitation to Syrian Baghdadis’. This was transferred to File 5268/20 Parts 1 and 2 (see IOR/L/PS/10/913).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (491 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the rear to the front.
The subject 4722 (Mesopotamia) consists of ten volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/755-764. The volumes are divided into twelve parts, with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 comprising one volume each. Part 10 is missing. Part 7, entitled ‘Mesopotamia: Sir A. Wilson’s invitation to Syrian Baghdadis’, was transferred to File 5268/20 Parts 1 and 2 (see IOR/L/PS/10/913).
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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 489; 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. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 89a.
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- Title
- File 4722/1918 Pt 8 'Mesopotamia: Situation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:89v, 89ar:89av, 90r:113r, 114v, 118v:120r, 121v, 127v:169v, 173r:192v, 194r:211v, 213r:223v, 225r:227r, 229r:261v, 262v:263v, 266r:279v, 280ar, 280r:293v, 294v, 295v:317v, 318ar, 318r:333v, 334v:341v, 342v:359v, 360v:400v, 404r:424v, 425ar, 425r:489v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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