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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/779

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/779
Title:
Policy - Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War during May-December 1917. The correspondence discusses strategy, provisioning and recruitment. It is particularly concerned with a perceived unreliability as allies of Russian forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq]....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1917-20 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3282
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART I. (From 1st to 15th August 1917.)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1917-15 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 volume (242 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/734
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 1-2 'Persia: situation & policy'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] after the withdrawal of Russian forces in the wake of the Russian Revolution, and British policy in relation to this. Topics discussed include: British military and diplomatic activity in Persia and support from France and the United State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1918-5 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (574 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)