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...
Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
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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...
The map highlights the regions of the Pan-Turkish ideal across the world, and is colour-coded to divide it into: the area at present (1917) inhabited by Turco-Moslems [Turco-Muslims]; the area included in the present Pan-Turkish ideal; the area of possible extension by inclusion of non-Muslim peo...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3952. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Sketch map showing the Baghdad Railway line between Baghdad and Samarra with stations marked and labelled for reference. The Decauville Railway south west of B...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Reg. No. 307 E.D.D. ‘1925. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by contours. General map of Lower Mesopotamia from Baghda...
‘Railway Map of Basra and Magil Showing Tentative Proposals for Port Development’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta. Reproduced by Bashrah Survey Party I.E.F.”D” No. 81 Dated 12.6.17. Signature of Acting Director of Railways in the bottom right-hand corner. Distinctive Features: Plan of Basra showing railway infrastructure including existi...
Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
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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...
The sheet contains a section map: Faraidan—Tang-I-Gazī—Gil-I-Shāh—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters,...
Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia
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The volume is Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport ...
Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia. Maps
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The volume is Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport ...
