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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3325
- Record Id:
- 040-000796019
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000233
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145861189.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3325
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 61. (From 1st to 31st August 1919).’
- 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 31 August 1919. 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 3-7. The volume concerns:
- Movements and appointments of British officials
- Restrictions on telegrams and relaxation of photograph censorship
- Personnel requirements in Mesopotamia
- The area covered by the Haskell Commission in Armenia
- Repatriation of Turkish medical personnel
- Supplies of railway construction materials
- Proposals for the reorganisation of the Indo-European telegraph system
- Intentional delay of The Times correspondent, Captain William Arthur Moore, in Bombay [Mumbai]
- Proposal for India to buy camels from Mesopotamia
- The situation in central and southern Kurdistan
- Proposals regarding the Government of Kurdistan and the British administration in Mesopotamia
- Finances of Mesopotamia
- The Empire Cotton Growing Committee’s support for cotton growing in Mesopotamia
- Customs duties in Mesopotamia
- Supplying armaments for the Sheikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh of Khorramshahr]
- Responses to allegations of extravagance and wastage in Mesopotamia.
The following tables appear:
- Ration strength of Force D on 12 April 1919 (ff 22-27), 19 April 1919 (ff 43-47), 3 May 1919 (ff 54-58), 10 May 1919 (ff 58-62), 17 May 1919 (ff 125-130)
- State of supplies on 27 July 1919 (ff 34-35), 31 July 1919 (ff 67-68), 7 August 1919 (f 144), 10 August 1919 (ff 164-165)
- Return for wastage of animals and statement of animals with Force D on 27 April 1919 (ff 40-42)
- Statement of animal transport on 27 April 1919 (ff 69-72)
- Monthly distribution report of motor vehicles on 1 May 1919 (ff 87-104), 1 April 1919 (ff 106-123)
- Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 5 July 1919 (ff 134-135), 12 July 1919 (ff 158-159), 19 July 1919 (ff 161-162)
- Distribution of Force D on 1 August 1919 (ff 197-207).
- 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
040-000796019 - 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/17/5/3325 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 61. (From 1st to 31st August 1919).’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0905]/040-000796019
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (207 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000233
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1 Apr 1919-31 Aug 1919
- 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 209; 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 3-207; 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 61
- 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)