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'Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No. 372)' [23v] (51/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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A Lieutenant ’All was officer of supplies in August, 1914.
(2) ‘’Ali Bey attached to Seyyar divisional gendarmerie at Aleppo in Nov
ember 1914 : an* ’Ali Effendi is Officer Commanding a Company 2nd Seyyar
gendarmerie (23rd March 1915) which is so far corroborated by prisoner taken
at battle of Shaiba (mid-April) that ’ Ali Effendi was Officer Commanding,
1st, (3rd) Nasiriyah gendarmerie.
\S) Bimbashi ’ Ali Bey, Officer Commanding, 1st Company, 103rd regi
ment at Botah, mid-Eebruary.
(4) ’ Ali Officer Commanding, 2nd battalion, 103rd regiment [same as (3)]
then (in 1915) assuming command of the whole regiment and ultimately the
35th division. A Bimbashi 'Ali, said to be an Albanian with staff training,
commanded at Qurnah instead of Askeri. Bimbasbi Ali Bey was Halim Bey s
Chief Staff Officer at Kotah, 20th February 1915 : temporarily in command on
Shaiba line (12th March 1915) : came to Nakhailah 2(3)-4-15 being Officer
Commanding Fire Brigade (26th March 1915).' An Officer prisoner says that
Captain ’Ali Bey was Officer Commanding 1st Battalion, Iraq Murattab Regi
ment, and Major (Bimbashi) Ali Bey from Constantinople was Officer Com
manding all the first line at the battle of Shaiba. The latter was killed
there.
(5) ’Ali, a Kol-Aghasi, Officer Commanding artillery at Nakhailah, 26th
March 1915.
(6) 'Ali, Shaikh of the Suwaid of the Halfiyah district,
(7) 'Ali, brother of Salim-al-Khayyun and Bandar of Chahbaish. He
killed Bandar, and was in turn killed by the relations.
’ Ali Bandar .—Went to see Ajaimi, (11th February 1915): unsettling
Hartha (5th March 1915).
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India . The volume is marked confidential, is given the catalogue number A-131, and was printed in Simla by the Government Central Branch Press in 1915.
The volume consists of an alphabetical list of subjects compiled by the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D". Each entry includes information relevant to it taken from the Branch's files. The list includes individuals, groups of people (such as tribes or battalions), towns and villages, geographical features (such as rivers, mountainous areas, oil fields), ships, and sites of interest (such as religious shrines).
At the back of the volume is a glossary of terms compiled by Major Charles Cecil Rowe Murphy of the 30th Punjabis (folios 214-218).
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- 1 volume (218 folios)
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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