The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Shaiba [Shu'aiba] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, vegetation, and relief with approximate form lines. A flooded area is printed in blue. Prepared in the His...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Ctesiphon in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, settlements, roads and watercourses. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, a...
Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914
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This volume is a Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914 published by the General Staff, India, 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1915). It consists of one letter (No B. M.-11), dated...
Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun a...
'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II'
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regu...
REPORT ON minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917.
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The file is a printed report, consisting of a despatch from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector General, South Persia Rifles, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, which provides details of five minor military operations undertaken against tribes in southern Persi...
'Narrative of Circumstances which Led to Major-Gen Beatson being Relieved from the Command of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry, and the Transfer of that Force to the Turkish Contingent. With Remarks on the Correspondence Published on the Subject, Chiefly Founded on Official Documents. By Major-Gen. Vivian, Late Lieut.-General in Command of the Turkish Contingent.'
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A historical account in which the author (Robert John Hussey Vivian) publishes documents and correspondence in his possession to explain that Major-General William Ferguson Beatson was relieved from the command of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry at the Dardanelles for reasons of insubordination and...
‘Plate I. Showing Officers Badges of Rank on Shoulder Straps (Field Service Order) with Colours of Branches of Service.’
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The illustration features badges for Persian army ranks of: Naib Sewum (office personnel); Naib Dowan (cavalry); Naib Awwal (artillery); Sultan (engineers); Yamar (transport); Naib Sarhang (staff); Sarhang (veterinary); Sartip (infantry); Amir Lashkar; Sipahbod [Spāhbed]; and Farmandeh Kul Qushu...
‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
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One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sarhang (a rank equivalent to Colonel) Hajji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
Plan compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, dated 23rd August 1907
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This plan was compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, and details the path of the Karun River and irrigation sites. Place names are included as location markers along the river. No further details about the places are included. 'M.A. Hakimkh...
