Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914
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This volume is a Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914 published by the General Staff, India, 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1915). It consists of one letter (No B. M.-11), dated...
Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun a...
'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II'
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regu...
REPORT ON minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917.
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The file is a printed report, consisting of a despatch from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector General, South Persia Rifles, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, which provides details of five minor military operations undertaken against tribes in southern Persi...
'Narrative of Circumstances which Led to Major-Gen Beatson being Relieved from the Command of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry, and the Transfer of that Force to the Turkish Contingent. With Remarks on the Correspondence Published on the Subject, Chiefly Founded on Official Documents. By Major-Gen. Vivian, Late Lieut.-General in Command of the Turkish Contingent.'
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A historical account in which the author (Robert John Hussey Vivian) publishes documents and correspondence in his possession to explain that Major-General William Ferguson Beatson was relieved from the command of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry at the Dardanelles for reasons of insubordination and...
