Confidential military report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Department of the Quarter Master General of India, by Captain George Samuel Frederick Napier, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Staff Captain. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Central Printing Office, 190...
This report on the Kuhgalu tribes was written by Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking (British Consul at Ahwaz) in 1910 and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press in 1911. The volume opens with a brief introduction to the Kuhgalu tribes before outlining the names and deta...
This volume is a handbook of the Persian Army, produced by the General Staff Branch, India, for the use of Government of India officials. It was published in Delhi by the Government of India Press. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the construction and operation of the Persian Army, an...
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...
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...
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...
