Collection 242/109 ‘Pay of British service officers returning to the UK from service with the South Persian Rifles for transfer to Home Establishment or demobilisation’
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The file contains correspondence discussing the pay of British officers returning to the UK from service with the South Persian Rifles and transferring to Home Establishment or demobilisation. Pay relating to four officers embarking from Persia [Iran] to Bombay [Mumbai] and detained in India is a...
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
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The map shows Eastern Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq] and parts of the surrounding areas. It indicates topography, hydrology, settlements, and routes of roads, railways and telegraphs. The map bears the printing statement: 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1920. Railways inserted ...
This map shows the region of central Kurdistan as area 9 among ten designated military areas of Iraq from 1929. The map also shows elements of the region important for military purposes such as hydrology and communications infrastructure, including roads, telegraph lines, and railways.
Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923 (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volumes consist of 'Part 1 - Report' [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/1] and 'Part 2 - Maps' [IOR/MIL/17/15/7...
This file contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes: A protest by the Persian Government over the violation ...
An analysis of 1000 wounds and injuries received in action, with special reference to the theory of the prevalence of self-infliction. Col Sir Bruce Seton, Kitchener Indian Hospital Brighton. No imprint, 1915
Order of Battle Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 1- 3-20 with correction slips
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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 269/193 'Miscellaneous Questions. Anglo-Persian Agreement: Report of Military Commission. Loan of Officers.'
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The file contains correspondence between officials at the War Office and the India Office. It concerns a request for the loan of British Indian Army officers to the Persian [Iranian] Army, and the conditions of service offered to these officers. The file also contains a copy of the ‘Report of t...
This volume prepared by the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq was published as part of a series of ten similar military reports on Iraq after the First World War. The report covers the history, geography, climate, demography, natural resources, ethnography and important personalities of...
