Iraq continued

Title

Iraq continued

Shelfmark

MSS. Lugard 128

Summary

File 1, fols. 1-163: Correspondence about the settlement of the Assyrians in Iraq, their treatment at the hands of the Iraqis, their slaughter, the measures taken in Britain to alleviate their distress, such as Lugard's letter to The Times, and those taken by the League of Nations, with notes by Lugard of interviews and memoranda by Captain Gracey, 1933-1934.

File 2, fols. 1-113 and items 1-6: Correspondence about the work of Captain Gracey for the Assyrian Settlement National Appeal, the action of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the House of Lords and reports on the appeal, 1935-1938.

File 3, fols. 1-2: Chronology of the events connected with the fate of the Assyrians, 1933-1938.

File 4, fols. 1-27 and items 1-8: Papers circulated by the Mandates Section secretariat, with minutes of the Iraq Committee in London and a note of the deputation to the Foreign Office by Lord Hugh Cecil, Professor Gilbert Murray, Lord Rhyader and Lugard on 5 September 1933 with the "Report of the Enquiry into the Assyrian Situation" by Captain Gracey for the Save the Children Fund, 1931-1935.

File 5, items 1-4: Articles on "The Assyrians in the Mosul Vilayet" by Colonel R.S. Stafford, "A Summary of the History of the Assyrians in Iraq, 1918-33" by Sir Percy Sykes, and "The Assyrians" by Brigadier-General J.G. Browne, 1934-1937.

Date

1931-1938

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box