‘Panorama from Watch Tower on out Extreme Left on 14th April 1915 Looking Towards Bar Jisiyah Woods’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1250, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 13’ to illustrate British military operations on the 13th April 1915 showing the movements of British and enemy forces with landmarks labell...
‘Panorama from Zubair Gate, Basrah. Shewing the Flooded Desert and Various Convoy Routes to Old Basrah and Shaiba’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1251, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 14’ to illustrate British military operations on the 13th April 1915 with landmarks labelled for reference. Bottom right hand corner: ‘(Sd...
‘Map of Operations Against Dilwar 10th to 16th August 1915’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1376, October, 1915. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Sketch map of Dilwar produced to illustrate a report on British military operations in the area between the 10th and 16th August 1915 showing the location of Dilwar forts, base cam...
‘Sketch Map of the Retirement from Butaniyeh Camp to Nasiriyah. 7th February 1916'
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1714, Nov. 1916. Distinctive Features: Sketch map produced to accompany ‘Report on Operations Against Arab Tribesmen on Euphrates Line' showing the movements of British military forces with the approximate boundary of Kafajah and Azairich marked. M...
'CORRECTIONS TO ROUTES IN PERSIA VOL. IV, PART I. February 1919.'
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Corrections to Routes in Persia Volume IV, Part I. February 1919 (Simla, Government Monotype Press). The volume contains corrections to details of land routes.
Duzdap to Meshed via Shusp, Birjand, Kain, Jumin and Turbat-i-Haidari
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The file consists of a publication concerning the route between Duzdap [Zāhedān] and Meshed [Mashhad] via Shusp [Shūsef], Birjand, Kain, Jumin, and Turbat-i-Haidari [Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh]. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Simla by the Government Monotype Press, 1919. Marked ...
Collection 425/243 'European War 1914-: Formation of a flight of aircraft for service in Mesopotamia. Fixing of pay. & appt. of Asst. Dir.r of Aviation.'
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This file contains correspondence concerning the development of an aviation unit for service with Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’ in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Subjects covered in the correspondence include: The takeover by the War Office of the aviation unit in Mesopotamia established by the Governmen...
'Report of the Operations connected with the Occupation of Penjwin between April 18th and May 7th, 1927'.
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The file consists of a report on the operations connected with the occupation of Penjwin [District], Iraq by the Iraq Levies and Iraq Army, between 18 April and 7 May 1927. Promulgated by Command of the Air Council. Published by the Air Ministry. The appendices include: supply arrangements; ord...
