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IOR/L/MIL/5/800
- Record Id:
- 040-000340687
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002fa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096396361.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/800
- Title:
- Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 2
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. Specific topics discussed include: military units deployed; actions of insurgents such as telegraph wires cut and telegraph poles removed; contacts with besieged garrisons.
Correspondence also discusses use of aeroplanes to target insurgents in, for example, Samawah [As-Samāwah] and retaliation of tribes on two pilots forced to land (folio 56); also covered are experimental designs for a tank suitable for desert conditions (folio 119).
The file includes two printed reports:
- 'Mesopotamia: Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest. Report No. II' (ff 41-45), prepared by Major Bray, Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia
- 'Mesopotamia: Causes of Unrest. Report No. II' (ff 12-20), prepared by Major Bray, Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia.
Correspondents include GHQ Mesopotamia; the War Office, London; the High Commissioner for Iraq; and the Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia.
- 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
038-000340685
040-000340687 - 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/5/799-801 : Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances
IOR/L/MIL/5/800 : Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0132]/038-000340685[0002]/040-000340687
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (224 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002fa
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 31 Aug 1920-22 Oct 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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 between ff 3-223; these numbers are written in coloured 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)