Supplementary Map to Area No. 6 Showing Tribal Dispositions Round the Hammar Lake
Scope & Content:
This map shows the approximate distribution of various tribal groups in the Lower Euphrates region of Iraq. The map also covers some aspects of the region's settlements, hydrology (lakes, rivers), as well as infrastructure relevant for military purposes.
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...
Papers of the Stud Committee, created by the Court of Directors on 26 Mar 1801, to consider improving the breed of horses for the EIC cavalry in India:
PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM
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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...
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...
