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IOR/L/PS/10/580
- Record Id:
- 040-000545615
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056141584.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/580
- Title:
- File 160/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia; Sir P Sykes' mission. Officers for South Persia Military Police; South Persia Rifles'
- Scope & Content:
-
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the transfer of various individuals from military units in India to positions in the South Persia Rifles, and associated issues of grading and pay. The discussions concern the conditions for medical officers and administrative staff as well as military officers.
The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Viceroy; the War Office; and the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545615 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/580 : File 160/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia; Sir P Sykes' mission. Officers for South Persia Military Police; South Persia… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0582]/040-000545615
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (181 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001db
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 1916-1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 183; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 160/1916 Pt 3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The Subject 160 (Sir P Sykes Mission) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/579-580, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)