Iraq

Title

Iraq

Shelfmark

MSS. Lugard 126

Summary

File 1, fols. 1-14: Correspondence with William Paton of the International Missionary Council about religious freedom in Egypt and Iraq, 1929.

File 2, items 1-9: Material issued by the League of Nations on the letter from the British Government forwarding the text of the Organic Law of Iraq, the application of the principles of Article 22 of the Covenant to Iraq and the hearing of the question of the frontier between Turkey and Iraq, 1924-1925.

File 3, fols. 1-2 and items 1-9: Material on the frontier question, traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs, industrial labour conditions in Iraq, the agreement between Syria and Iraq over frontier tribes, ratification of conventions and the division of work in Iraq, 1926-1928.

File 4, items 1-11: Material on Britain's proposal to introduce a new judicial system, the new constitution of Iraq, recognition of the Iraq Government by the Imperial Persian Government, admission of Iraq to the League of Nations and the proposal of the United Kingdom Government to emancipate Iraq, 1929-1932.

File 5, items 1-5: Material on American oil interests, the Turkish Petroleum Company, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the economic conditions, economic policy and loan policy of the Iraq Government and the Ministry of Justice's compilations of laws and regulations, 1925-1930.

File 6, fols. 1-74: Press cuttings from newspapers and Hansard, 1922-1928.

Date

1922-1932

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box