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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3238
- Record Id:
- 040-000795932
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001dc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128203728.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3238
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 15. Part 1. (From 1st to 15th October 1915).’
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 October and 15 October 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.
A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 5-6, and the volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations
- Lists of prisoners taken and casualties at Kut-al-Amarah [al-Kut]
- The question of pursuit of Turks [Ottoman Army] from Kut-al-Amarah up the Tigris
- Bulgaria’s entry into the war
- Medical supplies
- General John Nixon’s support for an advance to Baghdad and comments on the proposal from the Viceroy, Cabinet, and Secretary of State for India
- A cavalry skirmish near Aziziyah [Al ‘Aziziyah]
- Reinforcements for Force D.
The following tables appear:
- Composition of Force D on folios 3-4, including administrative units
- The distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 35-37 and 98-100
- The strength of Force D on folios 22 and 84-85.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000792610
038-000795114
040-000795932 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/5 : Indian Army
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246 : Indian Army First World War - War Diaries
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3238 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 15. Part 1. (From 1st to 15th October 1915).’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0818]/040-000795932
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (132 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001dc
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 29 Sep 1915-15 Oct 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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 also present in parallel between ff 8-132; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.
Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
- Former External References:
- Volume 15. PART I.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)