Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/22
- Record Id:
- 040-000799182
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799157
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001e7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028069291.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/22
- Title:
- Collection of private Telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the Outbreak of War with Turkey
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains a collection of twenty telegrams between Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (Secretary of State for India) and Charles Hardinge (Viceroy of India) during August-September 1914 prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
It concerns the contribution and use of troops from India, and drafts on the army; considerations of maintaining the safety of India, and the strain put on the Indian defence of the frontier; troop movements and mobilisation - including the despatch of Imperial Service Troops and Cavalry, and the sending of troops to German East Africa, and Europe.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799157
038-000799176
040-000799182 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/16 : Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/17-27 : Turkey
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/22 : Collection of private Telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the Outbreak of War with Turkey - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0016]/037-000799157[0003]/038-000799176[0006]/040-000799182
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001e7
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1914
- End Date:
- 1914
- Date Range:
- 7 Aug 1914-20 Sep 1914
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 4; 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 printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- MS 268
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 - Subjects:
- Military administration
Military intelligence
Military strategy - Places:
- Turkey, Middle East, Asia
