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IOR/L/MIL/5/794
- Record Id:
- 040-000340680
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100092033249.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/794
- Title:
- Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
- Scope & Content:
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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 the correspondence include: a proposed policy of defence in Mesopotamia to allow troops and equipment to be transferred to Palestine; construction of railways in and between Palestine and Egypt; and the transfer of troops and artillery from Palestine to France and Salonika [Thessaloniki].
The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the Commander-in-Chief, Egypt; and the War Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000306786
037-000340300
040-000340680 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/5 : Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MIL/5/441-1076 : Military Miscellaneous Series
IOR/L/MIL/5/794 : Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0127]/040-000340680
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f4
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 21 Feb 1918-28 Mar 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in blue crayon.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)