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036-000349582 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1914-1920

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/18213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18213
Title:
Collection 425/1045 ‘European War, 1914 to: Military Policy in Connection with the Bakhtiaris’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns military policy towards the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribe, which was responsible for the defence of oil fields and pipelines in Arabistan [Khuzestan] under an agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The file contains correspondence between the General Officer Commanding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1915-6 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/7/18442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18442
Title:
Collection 425/1271 Part 2 ‘European War 1914: Reports on: (1) The Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf; (2) The development of the Port of Basra by Sir George Buchanan’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning: appointments of personnel to the Irrigation Directorate in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the proposed dredging of Hammer Lake [Lake Hammar]; river dredgers needed in Mesopotamia; and a request that river dredgers currently in Mesopotamia be returned to India. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/7/18449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18449
Title:
Collection 425/1279 ‘European War 1914-: Removal of Lieut. Gen. Sir P. Lake from command of forces in Mesopotamia and appt. of Maj.-Gen. (temp Lt. Genl.) F.S. Maude C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, dated 10 August 1916-29 September 1916, concerning arrangements for the replacement of Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake by Lieutenant-General Frederick Stanley Maude as Commander of British forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The file also contains a copy of a Parli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1916-1 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/7/18819

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18819
Title:
Collection 425/1573 ‘European War 1914-1918: Award of C.S.I. to Major-Genl. R.A. Cassels CB., DSO and C.I.E. to Brig-Genl. M.R.W. Nightingale C.M.G., D.S.O Operations in Kurdistan and Persia Award of Indian Decoration.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains tables displaying British and Indian military personnel recommended for award for service with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, with details of the action for which they were commended. These were sent by the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1919-3 May 1920
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)