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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3

Record Id:

041-002919883

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000799011

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025551857.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100055834159.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3

Title:

HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME III.

Scope & Content:

The volume is the third volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.

The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.

The volume is in one part, entitled, 'Part IV. The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad', and consists of the following ten chapters:

May to September, 1916
September to 12th December, 1916
The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917
The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917 (continued)
The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917 (concluded)
Pursuit: The British Reach Aziziya
The Occupation of Baghdad
Consolidation of the British Position at Baghdad: Operations from 12-31st March, 1917
Operations Round Baghdad; 1st-18th April, 1917
Operations to the North and North-Westward of Baghdad; 19th-30th April, 1917

The volume also includes fifteen maps, entitled:

The Middle East
Upper Mesopotamia
Map 21 - Operations on the Tigris front, May to 12th December, 1916
Map 22 - Operations on the Tigris: 13th December, 1916-25th February, 1917
Map 23 - Operations against the Hai Salient and the Dahra Bend positions, and the passage of the Tigris: 11th January-24th February, 1917
Map 24 - The British advance from Shumran to Bawi: 25th February-6th March, 1917
Map 25 - Operations resulting in the capture of Baghdad on 11th March, 1917
Map 26 - Area north of Baghdad
Map 27 - The action at Mushahida: 14th March, 1917
Map 28 - The first action of the Jabal Hamrin: 25th March, 1917
Map 29 - The affair of Duqma: 29th March, 1917
Map 30 - Operations about the Khalis Canal: 9th-15th April, 1917
Map 31 - The passage of the Adhaim: 18th April, 1917
Map 32 - The action of Istabulat: 21st and 22nd April, 1917
Map 33 - The action of Adhaim: 30th April, 1917

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
040-000799080
041-002919883

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/17/15/66 : HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918.

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3 : HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME III.

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Hierarchy:

032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0026]/039-000799078[0002]/040-000799080[0003]/041-002919883

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 volume (263 folios)

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1925

End Date:

1925

Date Range:

1925

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; 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.

Arrangement:

The volume contains a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 208-232), an index (folios 233-253), and ten maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 255-264).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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