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151. IOR/L/MIL/5/770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/770
Title:
Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee
Scope & Content:
The file comprises the Minutes of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee held between May and July 1917. The minutes consider the administrative structure in post-war Mesopotamia and staffing of the High Commission. It also considers British an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1917-6 July 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

152. IOR/L/MIL/5/1075

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/1075
Title:
Papers regarding the case of Lieutenant Edward Charles Zouch of the Indian Navy, who was confined in the Lunatic Asylum at Colaba, and who was then sent to England for the recovery of his health
Scope & Content:
The papers include a statement of Lieutenant Zouch's symptoms and treatment by Dr W Campbell, Surgeon to the Lunatic Asylum at Colaba, dated 24th October 1849
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1848-Dec 1849
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

153. IOR/L/MIL/5/769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/769
Title:
Report of Mesopotamia Commission
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of commentary by officials of the India Office on the Report of the Mesopotamia Commission under a range of topics including the placing of orders for river transport. Correspondents include the War Office; the Secretary of State for India; and the Director of Inland Wat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1917-Dec 1918
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

154. IOR/L/MIL/5/802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/802
Title:
Draft report of the Committee on Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains a draft report from the War Office Committee on Mesopotamia [Iraq], chaired by Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, Adjutant-General to the Forces. The report considers the establishment of an Imperial Mesopotamian Police or the raising of ‘troops for special permanent serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

155. IOR/L/MIL/5/798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/798
Title:
Unrest in Northern Mesopotamia (Kurds)
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of correspondence and telegrams between the War Office and the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia regarding the conflict and attacks taking place in Kurdistan. The file includes the following related subjects: the creation of the Kurdish National committee and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

156. IOR/L/MIL/5/779

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/779
Title:
Policy - Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War during May-December 1917. The correspondence discusses strategy, provisioning and recruitment. It is particularly concerned with a perceived unreliability as allies of Russian forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq]....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1917-20 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

157. IOR/L/MIL/5/780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/780
Title:
Port of Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding congestion at the port of Basra during the First World War, and suggestions for increasing capacity and improving efficiency. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1917-12 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

158. IOR/L/MIL/5/775

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/775
Title:
Papers concerning the Treatment of British Prisoners of War at Kut
Scope & Content:
The papers consist of reports and associated correspondence concerning the treatment of British prisoners of war from the British garrison at Kut [Kut Al-Amarah], following its surrender to Ottoman Turkish forces on 29 April 1916. The papers include a typescript memorandum (folios 3-28), issued...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1916-15 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

159. IOR/L/MIL/5/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/796
Title:
Mesopotamia: demobilisation of British troops
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters regarding the demobilisation of British troops in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and India after the First World War. The file contains discussion of the following: the number of troops; artillery forces; origins of troops; breakdown of troops by division, both Indian and Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1919-5 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

160. IOR/L/MIL/5/795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/795
Title:
Order of Battle Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 1- 3-20 with correction slips
Scope & Content:
Memoranda issued by General Officer Commanding/General Headquarters, Mesopotamia (all duplicated to Commander-in-Chief, India), to the War Office, listing the detailed corrections to be inserted into the Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, covering the period 9 October 1920-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919-29 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (115 folios)