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Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B331

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia dating from 18 Aug 1919.

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Reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B331

Title

Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia

Date

18 Aug 1919

Description

This printed memorandum is a copy of a letter to the Under Secretary of State offering observations on points raised in a minute by the Secretary of State concerning Indian immigration to Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum details the role of Indian troops in the Mesopotamian Campaign, relations between India and Mesopotamia, and the subsequent administration of Mesopotamia. Further details are given concerning Indian labour and the problems which Indian immigration could cause.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference

P 4946/19

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1 file (5 folios).

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

The foliation for this memorandum commences at folio 74, and terminates at folio 78, 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 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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Series information

IOR/L/PS/18

Political and Secret Department Memoranda

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Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia