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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132
- Record Id:
- 040-000799146
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517241.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132
- Title:
- Shipping and congestion of stores at Basrah
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence relating to details of shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah for the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, published by the Quarter Master General, Simlah, in 1916. The information is divided into two sections: shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah and is annotated with relevant 'serial numbers'.
An appendix includes twenty five telegrams relating to the logistics of moving troops and supplies (such as hay, bhoosa, wood, rice, fuel) from India to Basrah under different weather conditions. The correspondents in these telegrams include: the Inspector General of Communications, Basrah; Quartermaster-General in India, Simla; Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
- 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
038-000799053
039-000799078
040-000799146 - 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/17/15/41-138 : Iraq
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/65-138 : Mesopotamian Campaign
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132 : Shipping and congestion of stores at Basrah - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0026]/039-000799078[0068]/040-000799146
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001c8
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 volume also contains an original typed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The booklet has an index of contents (f 4), followed by the main sections on shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah (f 5), then appendices of telegrams, numbered 1-25 (ff 6-11).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)