File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'
- Contributor:
- Foreign Office (correspondent)
Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (correspondent)
War Office (correspondent)
HM Treasury (correspondent)
Chief of the General Staff, India (correspondent)
Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia (correspondent)
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council (correspondent) - Date:
- 1917/1920
- Description:
- This item consists of part eight of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to the acquisition of land by the British for military purposes.The part is largely concerned with the acquisition of land in Magil [Al Ma‘qil]. Included in the correspondence is a copy of a set of enclosures, sent from the Government of India's Army Department to the Secretary of State for India, which features correspondence between the General Officer Commanding, Force D, and the Chief of General Staff, Simla; in addition to correspondence, the enclosures contain a number of appendices comprised of tables of figures relating to rights and land holdings in Magil.The correspondence discusses the legality of the acquisition under Ottoman law, as well as expenditure matters, such as whether the cost of acquisition should be debited to local revenues or military funds.Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson) the Viceroy of India (Frederic John Napier Thesiger, or Lord Chelmsford), and various officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, the War Office, and the Treasury.Included with the part is a plan of land at Magil and a plan of a proposed site generating station in Basra.The French language material consists of one enclosure to an item of correspondence.1 item (93 folios)
- Language:
- English
French - Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Property law
- Geographic region:
- Magil
- Extent:
- 1 item (93 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100061385609.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/847/8 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers