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1. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/MIL/5/783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/783
Title:
Addtl Cavalry Bgde for Force D
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of correspondence concerning the provision of an additional Brigade for Force D in Mesopotamia. Issues discussed include: equipment to be supplied; maintaining military strength on the North West Frontier of India (folio 45); date of dispatch; and inclusion of horse artill...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1917-1 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/5/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/799
Title:
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances at Deir-es-Zor: 1.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to boundaries and disturbances at Deir es-Zor [Deir ez-Zor, Syria]. The correspondence discusses the political situation in Mesopotamia, tribal uprisings against British occupation and implications for their punishment given various adjustments of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1919-2 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/5/800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/800
Title:
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 2
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. Specific topics discussed include: military units deployed; actions of insurgents such as telegraph wires cut and telegraph poles removed; contacts with besieged garrisons. Correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1920-22 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 file (224 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/5/801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/801
Title:
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 3
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. The correspondence discusses location of insurgencies (including Kirkuk, Sulaimani, Hit, Basrah to Mosul route) and identification of insurgents and methods to repress insurgency including u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1920-1 May 1921
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/5/806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/806
Title:
Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post. Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-8 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1250
Title:
‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF PORTS, THE E.P. FORCE, S. PERSIA AND S.E. PERSIA AND ADEN ON THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 1920’
Scope & Content:
This file contains strength returns from units of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force in India, including forces deployed in Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf ports, and Aden as of 1 September 1920.The strength returns were issued by the Adjutant-General in India. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 file (37 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1251
Title:
‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF PORTS, THE E.P. FORCE, S. PERSIA AND S.E. PERSIA AND ADEN ON THE 1ST OCTOBER 1920’
Scope & Content:
This file contains strength returns from units of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force in India, including forces deployed in Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf ports, and Aden as of 1 October 1920.The strength returns were issued by the Adjutant-General in India. They...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1252
Title:
‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF PORTS, THE E.P. FORCE, S. PERSIA AND S.E. PERSIA AND ADEN ON THE 1ST NOVEMBER 1920’
Scope & Content:
This file contains strength returns from units of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force in India, including forces deployed in Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf ports, and Aden as of 1 November 1920.The strength returns were issued by the Adjutant-General in India. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)