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036-000306786 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

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/5/770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/770
Title:
Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee
Scope & Content:
The file comprises the Minutes of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee held between May and July 1917. The minutes consider the administrative structure in post-war Mesopotamia and staffing of the High Commission. It also considers British an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1917-6 July 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/5/769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/769
Title:
Report of Mesopotamia Commission
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of commentary by officials of the India Office on the Report of the Mesopotamia Commission under a range of topics including the placing of orders for river transport. Correspondents include the War Office; the Secretary of State for India; and the Director of Inland Wat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1917-Dec 1918
Extent:
1 file (83 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/5/779

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)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/MIL/5/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/797
Title:
Mesopotamia: despatch of troops to Force 'D'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters and copies of telegrams regarding the despatch of troops and the revolt in Mesopotamia during 1920. The file contain discussion despatch of Indian and British troops and battalions; the situation regarding Moslem [Muslim] troops; the organisation of brigades; issu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1920-15 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/5/808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/808
Title:
'Intelligence Mesopotamia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of various telegrams on railways between the Director of Military Intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief India, the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus Military Agent during the period July-November 1917. Principal subjects of discussion are: the exte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1917-10 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)