Collection 2/64: 'Indian Medical Service. Re-organisation etc. Medical arrangements for telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf'
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The file contains correspondence from officials of the Foreign Departmentof the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India and a memorandumby the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. It concernsproposals for the provision of medical and sanitary care for the ...
Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column 23rd January to 30th April 1916 (Forwarded by G.O.C., Force "D".)
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This file contains a despatch written by Lieutenant George Frederick Gorringe regarding the military operations of the Tigris Column for the period 23 January 1916 to 30 April 1916. The report is introduced by a letter from Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "...
Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
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The volume is Sir George Buchanan KCIE: Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1917). The report contains preliminary remarks, and sections on: Mesopotamia as it was; Mesopotamia as it is; Reaso...
Confidential military report on Arabistan [Khūzestān] compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed by the Government of India Press, 1924. The report contains nine chapters (numbered I-IX) and seven appendices (A-G) as follows: chapter I – history (general, ancient, modern, political attitud...
Russian Military Designs in Persia. A Strategical fragment
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The file contains a preface outlining the context of the document, which appears to form part of a scheme drawn up by the Russian General Staff for future military action in Persia. The fragment itself contains observations and conclusions for military operations in Persia including: selecting...
Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.
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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India. The volume is divided into the following chapters: I. History. II. Geography. III. Populat...
'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the...
Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
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This monograph concerns operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf from the outbreak of war with Germany to the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916. It is organised into the following chapters: the theatre of operations; the attitutude of Turkey; the inception of the expedition; landing of the ex...
