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32. IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 1-174
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 1-174
- Title:
- Situation in Persia, Vol. I
- Scope & Content:
- This item contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia [Iran], 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 policies to secure the cooperation of the Pe...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 20 Sep 1917-19 Mar 1918
- Extent:
- 1 item (174 folios)
33. IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title:
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Scope & Content:
- The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920
- Extent:
- 1 file (132 folios)
34. 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)
35. IOR/L/MIL/5/782
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/782
- Title:
- 18th Divn for Mesopotamia
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 18th Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopo...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 9 Aug 1917-9 Dec 1917
- Extent:
- 1 file (81 folios)
36. IOR/L/MIL/5/804, f 14
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/804, f 14
- Title:
- Sketch Map of Persia and the Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
- The folio consists of a sketch map of Persia and the Persian Gulf, attached to a memorandum by R.H. Headley titled 'Persia - Eastern Cordon'. The map shows the planned deployment of regular troops and levies along the Cordon from Mashhad to Sistan.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 7 Jun 1918
- Extent:
- 1 folio
37. 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)
38. IOR/L/MIL/5/784
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/784
- Title:
- 7th Meerut Division. Transfer from Mesopotamia to Egypt
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains memoranda and tables regarding arrangements for the transfer of 7th (Meerut) Division from Basra (also spelled Basrah), Mesopotamia, to Egypt. Notably covers: allotment, movement and routing of ships sent to Basra (via Fao) to collect the troops; details of fitting out, suppl...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Dec 1917-30 Jan 1918
- Extent:
- 1 file (76 folios)
39. IOR/L/MIL/5/512
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/512
- Title:
- Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
- The file comprises copy correspondence between James Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, with the War Office, regarding procurement of two field telegraphs for shipment to Bombay and transmission to Bushire, the Headquarters of the Expedition force in the Persian Gulf (also spelled Gulph), u...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1856-16 Jan 1857
- Extent:
- 1 file (16 folios)
40. IOR/L/MIL/5/794
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/794
- Title:
- Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence regarding military policy and strategy in Egypt and Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War in response to recommendations made by General Jan Christiaan Smuts, Defence Minister of South Africa and a member of the Imperial War Cabinet. Topics covered in t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 Feb 1918-28 Mar 1918
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)








