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File 1711/1920 'Mesopotamia: General Circulars. - 1920' [‎191v] (386/591)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (292 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1920-4 Jan 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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crippled or insane. The pension of a daughter, married daughter, wife, mother or grandmother
will be continued she marries or remarries, , . ,
‘ifan Officer dies leaving one wife or more, a mother, one grandmother or more, or one
grandfather or more, in assessing the pension one wife or more,. a mother and one grandmother,
one grandmother or more, for an one grandfather or more, will be considered as one orphan, as
regards their portion of the pension, which inach case will be equally divided if there is more
than one wife, grandmother, or if there is a grandmother and mother, or one grandfather or more.
If a father or grandfather is 60 years of age and destitute, or if he is under 60 yearsof age,. desti-
tute and unable to earna livelihood, he will be considered as one orphan, as regards his portion
of the pension. If there is a father and grandfather, they will - share equally the portion of one
orphan;/ . s 1 • •
(aj.Ifthe pension of a daughter, mother or grandmother is cancelled on account of her
marriage, and ifafterwards her husband dies or divorces her, the original pension will be renewed
from the date of thetransfer of thepetition from the Jidda.. . ,
(6) If a daughter, mother or grandmother was married when the death of the father,- son or
grandson, occurred, she will be entitled to the pension which she would normally have received,
on account of her bread-winner.. 1 /
, (4 * If a wife'was in receipt of a pension on account of her husband, and this was cancelled
on her remarriage, and if the second husband dies or divorces her the original pension, will be
renewed from the date of the second husband’s death or divorcing her. If she is entitled to a
pension on account of her second husband, and it is larger than that which she received on account
of her first husband, she may be granted the pension on account of her second husband. This
procedure,> however, will not be repeated:
if a woman is entitled to a pension on account of her late father, husband or son, she will
receive the pension on account of one only, but that will be the4argest of the three pensions..
(a) The dependants of an Officer, as k shown in clause 23 may be granted a pension
-less than piastres 100. ’ 4(1
(b) The dependants of an Officer, as shown in clause 23 will be entitled to the pension,
due for the period remaining to the deceased Officer.
In the; case of a Pupil in the Military College, in Constantinople, ora Turkish Other Rank,
becoming incapacitated when in the discharge of his duties, the pension he will be' entitled to as is
follows :—.
1st class incapacitation (See-) piastres 300
2nd,. ,,m,, 225
..'3rd' ,, „' • 175' ■■ - .
. - 4th i , „ „ . , n • 125
5th ,, ’ n ' ,, T. . ., 75
6th „ „ „ ,, 50 ■
If a Pupil in the Military' College in Constantinople, or a Turkish
stated in clause 735, his dependants will receive 1/3 of the pension which he
on account of ‘ 1st class incapacitation.
If a soldier has completed 20 years’ continuous service he will receiveya
last rate'of pay.
Other Rank, dies as
Would have received
pension equal to his

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The volume comprises copies of ‘Civil Administration of Iraq, General Circulars’. These are weekly compilations of general circular letters and notifications produced by, or relative to, the Civil Administration of Iraq. The copies were sent by the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, to 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. and the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, from 7 January (issue No. 1) to 1 November 1920 (issue No. 44). Issue Nos. 20, 22, and 23 are not present in the volume.

Generally, each publication is divided into three parts. The first part relates to personnel matters within the Administration, such as appointments, dismissals, leave, examinations, and honours and promotions. The second part concerns recent notifications, circulars, and General Routine Orders (GROs) which cover a wide range of subjects connected to the Administration of Iraq, including finance, health, politics, veterinary science, transport, local (often distinguished as Arab and Kurdish) levies and gendarmeries, utilities, rationing, and numerous other miscellaneous matters. The third part consists of annexures usually directly related to the first two parts and often including tabulated lists of maps.

Notable within the volume are the following documents:

  • A copy of a letter from 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. to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, requesting a report on armed resistance to British occupation in Mesopotamia as mentioned in a recent General Circular (f 218)
  • A genealogical table of the Shammar tribe of Central Arabia (f 161)
  • A small booklet entitled ‘Note on Trees and Shrubs in Baghdad’ by the Director of Agriculture, Baghdad, dated 1920 (ff 96-102)
  • A leaflet published by the British Museum (Natural History) entitled Directions for Preparing Small Mammal Skins , dated 1920 (f 85)
  • Transcripts of debates on Mesopotamia held in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (ff 60-77)
  • A leaflet entitled ‘Agricultural Leaflet No. 5: Flower Gardens in Mesopotamia’ (f 19).

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.

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1 volume (292 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1711 (Mesopotamia) consists of one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 294; 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.

Pagination: There are multiple intermittent pagination sequences.

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