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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/28
Title:
History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919
Scope & Content:
A confidential publication compiled, by arrangement with the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of The Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General FJ Moberly. The volume is part of the Official History of the Great War series produced by the British Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:

1 volume (279 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/77
Title:
Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office
Scope & Content:
This file is a printed report entitled 'Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office', printed by the Government of India Army Department (Simla: 1916). It consists of two sections: the first outlines the detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/86
Title:
Plan for operations in Turkish Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file is a report, compiled by the Army Headquarters and printed in 1914 at the Government Monotype Press (Simla), regarding planning for operations in Turkish Mesopotamia (Iraq). The report has been compiled on the basis of the latest information available and with approval of His Excellency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87
Title:
'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two maps (folios 2-3) of Lower Mesopotamia and a printed report, compiled at Army Headquarters and published by the General Staff, India (Simla), concerning a plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh [Muḥammarah/Khorramshahr] in the context of the British conflict wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 volume, including 2 maps (10 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95
Title:
Report on the Operations in the Vicinity of Shaiba 12th-14th April 1915. Simla: General Staff India, 1915.
Scope & Content:
This file contains military despatches regarding the Battle of Shaiba that took place between British and Ottoman forces on 12-14 April 1915. The file begins with an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding Force "D" to the Chief of General Staff, Simla (folios 4-6) t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

35 folios

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/99
Title:
Report from General Sir J E Nixon, K C B, Commanding I E F 'D', on the action at Bushire, 9th September 1915
Scope & Content:
This confidential memorandum, compiled by the General Staff, India, and printed at the Government Central Branch Press at Simla, 1915, concerns the action on 9 September 1915, in which a strong body of Tangistani raiders was ousted from Bushire. The memorandum contains a covering letter (folio 2...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

7. 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