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1. 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)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105
Title:
Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916
Scope & Content:
This volume is a 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916' published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (22 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/586
Title:
File 705/1916 Pt 1-2 Arab Revolt
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/587
Title:
File 705/1916 Pt 3-4 'The War: Eastern Reports'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a series of military and intelligence reports names the 'Eastern Report' that provides a basic overview of operations across a variety of geographic areas outside the Western Front between 1917 and 1919. Printed for the War Cabinet, the reports cover both intelligence and actua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
1 file (765 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/623
Title:
File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: India Office minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Sep 1916-27 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B226
Title:
Letter from Brigadier-General Arthur Wigram Money, General Headquarters, India Expeditionary Force "D", Basrah [Basra] to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The confidential letter reports on the tribal situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq], describing the various tribes located in the different listed geographic areas and noting whether they were friendly or hostile to British forces. The sections in the letter include: General - reporting on the check r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B294
Title:
Disposal of conquered territories [Mesopotamia and German East Africa]. Note by India Office
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum comprising of a note by the India Office, dated 28 October 1918, concerning the disposal of conquered territories in relation to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and German East Africa [modern-day Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B297
Title:
Policy in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios