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{{Short description|British civil servant and colonial administrator}}
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| name = Sir Henry Dobbs
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| office = [[British Ambassador to Iraq|High Commissioner and Consul-General for Iraq]]
| term_start = 1923
| term_end = 1929
| office2 = Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
| term_start2 = 1919
| term_end2 = 1920
| office3 = [[Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan]]
| term_start3 = 5 December 1917
| term_end3 = 1 September 1919
| birth_name = Henry Robert Conway Dobbs
| birth_date = 26 August 1871
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'''Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs''' (26 August 1871 – 30 May 1934) was an [[Administrator of the Government|administrator]] in [[British India]] and High Commissioner of Iraq.

==Career==
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.<ref name="pillars">{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Frank |title=Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/conflictafghanis00clem |url-access=limited |date=2003 |location=California |page=[https://archive.org/details/conflictafghanis00clem/page/n111 73]|isbn=9781851094028 }}</ref> After several other posts, he served as the Chief Commissioner of [[Balochistan, Pakistan|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 [[Durand Line|Indo-Afghan border]], established diplomatic ties between [[London]] and [[Kabul]], and defined special trade agreements.<ref>Afghanistan Strategic Intelligence: British Records 1919-1970, Archive Editions Limited, 2002, p. 159-184</ref> He later served as [[High Commissioner]] to the [[Kingdom of Iraq (Mandate administration)|Kingdom of Iraq]] from 1923 to 1929, the longest time this position was held by anyone during the course of the Iraq Mandate.<ref>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India], rulers.org; accessed 21 March 2016.</ref>

==Honours==
He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) on 31 May 1905 for his services in Afghanistan,<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27801/pages/4029 London Gazette, 6 June 1905]</ref> and appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) on 18 August 1916 for meritorious war services.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29712/supplements/8223 London Gazette, 18 August 1916]</ref> In January 1921, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE),<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32178/supplements/6, London Gazette, 1 January 1921]</ref>

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1923, a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in the 1925 Birthday Honours List<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33053/supplements/3770 London Gazette, 3 June 1925]</ref> and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on 1 March 1929.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33472/supplements/1443 London Gazette, 1 March 1929]</ref>

==Publications==
*''A monograph on the pottery and glass industries of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh'', North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad, 1895.
*''Korah (A drama, in verse)'', Grant Richards, London, 1903.

==References==
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*[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U208640 DOBBS, Sir Henry Robert Conway], Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012

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