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21. 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)

22. 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)

23. IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 175-296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 175-296
Title:
Situation in Persia, Vol. II
Scope & Content:
This item contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes: The promise of assistance from Mirza Hasan Khan Ashtiya...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1918-9 Apr 1918
Extent:
1 item (122 folios)

24. IOR/L/MIL/5/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/741
Title:
'British Garrison of India after the War'
Scope & Content:
This file includes minutes and correspondence on the Interdepartmental Conference to discuss post-war extended service in India or Mesopotamia. Topics discussed include rates of pay, payments of bounties, furlough, and passages for family members. The file includes a printed minute 'Military De...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1918-10 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

25. IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 132
Title:
Index Plan Shewing Mesopotamian Railways
Scope & Content:
A map of Mesopotamia and western Iran indicating railway routes, including those under construction. The map also shows topography, hydrology, and human settlements. The railway lines are colour coded to indicate gauge width. Notes at the bottom of the sheet give details of corrections and upda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1919
Extent:
1 map

26. IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 133
Title:
Index Plan Shewing Mesopotamian Railways
Scope & Content:
A map of Mesopotamia and western Iran indicating railway routes. The map also shows hydrology and human settlements. The railway lines are colour coded to indicate gauge width. A note at the bottom of the sheet states that it was copied from Plan No. S 2434 and Plan No. S 2212 of the Director o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 map

27. 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)

28. IOR/L/MIL/5/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/793
Title:
Mesopotamia Royal Flying Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, correspondence and papers, regarding provision of Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) aircraft and personnel for military operations in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Notably covers: repeated requests in 1917 from General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia, for aircraft an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1917-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

29. IOR/L/MIL/5/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/768
Title:
PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM
Scope & Content:
This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the India Office, collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Exped...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1918
Extent:
1 file (687 folios)

30. IOR/L/MIL/5/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/771
Title:
Marine Transport in Mesopotamia 1916
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of correspondence between Commander A Hamilton of the Marine Transport Department, Mesopotamia [Iraq], officials of the War Office and General Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding the Marine Transport Department in Mesopotamia, during th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1916-12 July 1916
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)