Title: The creation of modern Iraq British India office files, c. 1914-1921.
Authors: IDC Publishers.
Publisher: IDC Publishers,
Year: 2003
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Iraq.; Iraq Economic conditions.; Iraq Politics and government.
Abstract: "The materials in this collection consist of India Office Political & Secret Department confidential reports, memoranda, maps, and handbooks, as well as policy files describing the background and practicalities of the creation of a political administration, as well as of a social and an economic infrastructure." The materials in this microfiche collection are arranged in 10 groups.
Contents: BII-1 Gazetteers and handbooks -- BII-2 Outbreak of the First World War: situation in Turkish Arabia -- BII-3 Wartime military and civil administration -- BII-4 Wartime economy: trade and communications -- BII-5 Post-war administration and constitution for the state of Iraq -- BII-6 Local government and education -- BII-7 Kurdistan -- BII-8 Iraqi boundaries -- BII-9 Post-war economic development -- BII-10 The oil industry.