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032-000256868 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/792
Title:
Mesopotamia Remounts
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, with some correspondence and copy telegrams, relating to the supply of horses, mules and ponies for the cavalry, infantry and artillery in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (the supply of animals for the Mesopotamia Campaign was undertaken by the Government of India). Notably cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1917-26 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/778

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/778
Title:
Mesopotamia. Local Resources.
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the administration of local resources in Mesopotamia by the British military authorities, 1917-19. The main correspondents are: the War Office; Commander-in-Chief (C in C), India; and General Officer Commanding (GOC), Mesopotamia. Subjects c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-27 Jul 1919
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/5/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/283
Title:
Prize and Batta Rolls: Persia 1856-1857
Scope & Content:
The volume contains nominal rolls of British and EIC [East India Company] troops’ unpaid shares, called battas (ff 21-46, ff 49-99, f 101, and ff 160-128) with copies of related correspondence. The troops were involved in a Persian expedition conducted by the EIC, and the related correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1860-20 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 volume (136 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/13
Title:
Summary of the Hejaz revolt
Scope & Content:
This report was prepared by the General Staff, War Office, 31 Aug 1918. It is a summary of the Hejaz revolt from outbreak in June 1916 to December 1918. Includes account of the attack on the Hejaz railway by Arab forces and T H Lawrence. Appendices on King Hussein; Ibn Saud; Ibn Rashid; the Jem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

16 folios

5. IOR/L/MIL/5/802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/802
Title:
Draft report of the Committee on Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains a draft report from the War Office Committee on Mesopotamia [Iraq], chaired by Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, Adjutant-General to the Forces. The report considers the establishment of an Imperial Mesopotamian Police or the raising of ‘troops for special permanent serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/5/798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/798
Title:
Unrest in Northern Mesopotamia (Kurds)
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of correspondence and telegrams between the War Office and the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia regarding the conflict and attacks taking place in Kurdistan. The file includes the following related subjects: the creation of the Kurdish National committee and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/5/780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/780
Title:
Port of Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding congestion at the port of Basra during the First World War, and suggestions for increasing capacity and improving efficiency. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1917-12 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/7/19330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/19330
Title:
Collection 435/8 ‘Part 1 Garrison of Iraq.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the military garrison in Iraq. Correspondents include the Government of India, India Office, War Office, Colonial Office and Air Ministry. Topics discussed include: Transfer of control of Mesopotamia [Iraq] to the Colonial OfficeReduction of the garr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 August 1921-5 September 1925
Extent:
1 file (395 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/7/12604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/12604
Title:
Collection 269/345 ‘Miscellaneous Questions: Refusal to allow an officer to publish an article on “Mesopotamia” on grounds that he should not be allowed to propagate political views with which Govt. does not agree’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the refusal of the War Office to permit a British officer, Major Edward Johnson Ross, to publish an article in the Morning Post. The article discusses British policy in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Ross offers his views on the state of Mesopotamia, argues again...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1920-21 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/5/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/796
Title:
Mesopotamia: demobilisation of British troops
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters regarding the demobilisation of British troops in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and India after the First World War. The file contains discussion of the following: the number of troops; artillery forces; origins of troops; breakdown of troops by division, both Indian and Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1919-5 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)