IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3314

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 16 and 31 December 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 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3313. The volume concerns:

• An appreciation [report] and intelligence summary from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 22 December 1918 (ff 145-146)
• The demobilisation of Turkish [Ottoman] forces
• Repatriation of prisoners of war
• A request by a Tartar leader to submit a request to the Peace Conference that Azerbaijan might be placed under British protection
• An application by the leader of the Assyrian Community at Bakuba [Baqubah] to send a representative to the Peace Conference
• The progress of demobilisation in the 6th Turkish [Ottoman] Army
• The progress of demobilisation and shipment of troops to England
• Demobilisation of horses
• Release of certain Arab prisoners at Jezirat Ibnomar [Cizre]
• The future of the Government of Iraq
• Policy of maintaining Fao [Al-Faw] defences
• The violation of the armistice terms by the Turks as reported by the Ukrainian Consul in Trans-Caucasus
• Proposal for the organization of intelligence in the Caucasus and details of the spheres of influence decided on
• Information concerned with alleged brutal treatment of Indian Prisoners of War at the hands of the Turks
• Handing over Army flour mills to a civil firm
• The delimitation of the Iraq Frontier and candidates for the Emirate of Iraq
• Railway progress report
• Expenditure at Baku
• Despatch of officers for Knox’s Mission
• Reports on Malleson’s Mission
• Details of fighting between the Armenians and the Georgians
• The validity of Bicharakov’s mandate to take command of all Russian troops in the Caucasus
• Civil administration of Mesopotamia
• Events in Dair-ez-Zar [Deir ez-Zor] and Abulkamal [Albu Kamal].

The following tables appear:

• Strength returns of Force D on 28 September 1918 (ff 4-28), 12 October 1918 (ff 52-66), 26 October 1918 (ff 79-92), 16 November 1918 (ff 93-95)
• Ration strength of Force D on 16 November 1918 (ff 29-32, 168-173), 2 November 1918 (ff 45-52), 26 October 1918 (ff 96-102), 30 November 1918 (ff 164-167), 7 December 1918 (ff 204-208)
• Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 16 November 1918 (ff 72-73).