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IOR/L/PS/18/B236
- Record Id:
- 040-000563372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00025e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023961061.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B236
- Title:
- Statement [on the expedition to Mesopotamia] by Political Secretary, India Office
- Scope & Content:
-
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret' is a statement by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, dated 30 August 1916, concerning the British campaign against Turkey in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the context of the First World War, in particular British intentions to advance on Baghdad. The memorandum is divided into three sections titled as follows: 'The Political Reasons for the Expedition', 'The Importance of Bagdad [Baghdad]', and 'The Advance on Baghdad'. References are made in the text to correspondence between Sir Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Tehran, and the Foreign Office in 1915.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563372 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B236 : Statement [on the expedition to Mesopotamia] by Political Secretary, India Office - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0259]/040-000563372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (3 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00025e
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- Sep 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- 3569/16
B236 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)