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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29
- Record Id:
- 040-000799041
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000143
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040636488.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29
- Title:
- Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding British Mission Escort in Persia on Minor Operations in Southern Persia. From 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918
- Scope & Content:
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The file consists of a despatch on minor operations in southern Persia by the South Persia Rifles from 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918, compiled by Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, Inspector-General South Persia Rifles and commanding British Mission Escort in Persia, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla.
Topics include: administration; supplies; garrisons; training; transport; medical; personnel; and moral.
Details are also given concerning: tours of the Inspector-General; arrangements for the detachment of troops; attacks on military camps and convoys; military actions; skirmishes against robbers; and unit statistics.
Also includes two maps:
- folio 18 - Map A 'MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN 22-1-18'
- folio 19 - Map B 'MAP SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN ON 24th and 27th JANUARY 1918'
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799012
040-000799041 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1-40 : Iran
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29 : Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding… - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29, f 18 : MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN 22-1-18
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29, f 19 : MAP SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN ON 24th and 27th JANUARY 1918
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0029]/040-000799041
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (18 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000143
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- Case No. 1706—Field Operations
P 19 - Arrangement:
- The file consists of a single despatch with accompanying maps (folios 18-19).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)