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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3307
- Record Id:
- 040-000796001
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000221
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142154449.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3307
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 50. PART I. (From 1st to 15th September 1918).’
- 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 and 15 September 1918. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, reports, tables, and memoranda.
An index to the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-24. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 2 September 1918 (ff 80-83) and 9 September 1918 (ff 230-233)
- Supplies, particularly delivery of supplies to Enzali [Bandar-e Anzali] and Krasnovodsk [Türkmenbaşy]
- Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
- Movement of ships and loads transported
- Personnel requirements and reinforcements
- Information about Baku and orders to Dunsterforce concerning evacuating the city, destroying the oil fields, and reinforcing the Krasnovodsk garrison
- Movements of Dunsterforce
- The location of Turkish [Ottoman] troops
- The Turkish attack on Baku and Turkish possession of the oil fields
- Progress of railway construction
- Despatch of troops and reinforcements, including medical personnel
- Information regarding the Armenian Genocide
- Anti-Turkish and German propaganda plans
- Trade in Mesopotamia, including trade at Baghdad
- Provision of cinema films in the Persian Gulf
- Military action by Cossack and Czecho-Slovak troops
- Despatch of troops to Salonika [Thessaloniki]
- Illicit export of foodstuffs from Persian Districts
- Reports of Bolshevic [Bolshevik] murders of Turcomans [Turks] and Persians [Iranians] in Merv [Mary] and Tejend [Tejen]
- Shipping requirements and concerns
- Report on fisheries in the Persian Gulf (ff 67-68).
The following tables appear:
- Distribution and composition of Force D (ff 25-41), on 17 August 1918 (ff 265-275)
- State of supplies on 27 August 1918 (ff 68-69), 7 September 1918 (ff 325-326)
- Ration strength of Force D on 27 July 1918 (ff 72-79), 17 August 1918 (ff 191-194), 3 August 1918 (ff 296-301), 24 August 1918 (ff 396-399), 10 August 1918 (ff 400-405)
- Distribution of the Turkish Army on 3 September 1918 (ff 98-110), 10 September 1918 (ff 248-258)
- Strength returns and summaries of Force D on 20 July 1918 (ff 116-129), 17 August 1918 (ff 303-319)
- Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 17 August 1918 (ff 133-135), 24 August 1918 (ff 333-334)
- Statement of animal transport with Force D on 28 July 1918 (ff 292-295)
- Monthly distribution report of motor vehicles with Force D on 1 August 1918 (ff 350-370).
- 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
040-000796001 - 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/17/5/3307 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 50. PART I. (From 1st to 15th September 1918).’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0887]/040-000796001
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (406 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000221
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 20 Jul 1918-15 Sep 1918
- 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 408; 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 4-406; 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 50. 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)