Sir Henry Dobbs UK High Commissioner to Iraq 1924 Signed Photo Card & Envelope

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Sir Henry Dobbs UK High Commissioner to Iraq 1924 Signed Photo Card & Envelope
Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs (26 August 1871 - 30 May 1934) was an administrator in British India and High Commissioner in Iraq.
Dobbs was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1892, and in 1903 he was sent to repair boundary pillars erected by the Afghan Boundary Commission along the Russo-Afghan border. After several other posts, he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1917-1919. Dobbs was the British Representative on the Kabul Mission in January 1921, during which he met with Afghan Foreign Minister Mahmud Tarzi to discuss Anglo-Afghan relations.
The result was the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 22 November 1921, which confirmed the Indo-Afghan border, established diplomatic ties between London and Kabul, and defined special trade agreements. He later served as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Iraq from 1923 to 1929, the longest time this position was held by anyone during the course of the Iraq Mandate.
Lot comprised by:
a) 4" x 5" 3/8 Card with printed photo of Sir Henry Dobbs and map of the Middle East area. Card is boldly hand signed by him and dated January 15th, 1924 in Baghdad. It is pasted down onto slightly larger stationery page from the British Residency of the HC in Baghdad. Condition: Excellent - (Slightest foxing)
b) Front cover of envelope used to deliver the card, given in hand in Baghdad/Haifa and with arrival postmark in Montevideo, March 14, 1924. Condition: Very Good - (Somewhat worn edges)
REF #:
AZ-49
Provenance:
From the collection of Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (birth: Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21, 1880 - death: Montevideo, Uruguay: December 12, 1941), who spent over 20 years collecting autographs mainly from prominent political figures worldwide. He used to send blank cards with a newspaper or magazine clipped photo of the person, attaching a letter asking for an autograph and including a self-addressed envelope.
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