‘11. Sketch I. Showing the Elements of the Situation’ and ‘Sketch II. Showing Covered Communications’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3940. Distinctive Features: Two sketch maps of Kut [Al-Kūt] and surrounding area produced to illustrate the British campaign in Mesopotamia showing the elements of the situation and covered communications with locat...
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 62. (From 1st to 31st September 1919).’
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The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 31 September 1919. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Luristan [Lorestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled by Lieutenant A T Wilson, Indian Army, Political Department. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1912. It is divided...
Expenditure on Malleson Mission and troops in East Persia, 1918 to 1921
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This previously secret file, compiled by the India Office, contains various papers relating to expenditure on the Malleson Mission and troops in East Persia between 1918 and 1921. The file opens with a note about the contents of the file, and is followed by an India Office Political Department ...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Qurna [Al Qurnah] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, hills and vegetation. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Shaiba [Shu'aiba] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, vegetation, and relief with approximate form lines. A flooded area is printed in blue. Prepared in the His...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Ctesiphon in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, settlements, roads and watercourses. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, a...