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File 94/1915 Pt 4 ‘German War; Turkey; Baghdad prisoners &c.’ [‎235r] (478/490)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1916-5 Jan 1917. It was written in English and French. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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Telegram No. 780-B., dated the 9th (received the 10th) April 1915.
From—The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Pohtical •
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Following is repetition of my telegram dated 25th March in case not received.
Begins. Husbands now at Basrah of English ladies detained in Baghdad press
me for news as to what if any plan is on foot for getting ladies and children away.
They seem to think that negotiations have been or are to be undertaken with
a view to their being brought down Tigris and handed over to us above Gurnah.
May I be informed what the position is ?
Addressed Foreign Secretary to the Government of India and repeated to
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. .
( 2 )
Telegram No. 650-W., dated the 13th April 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Pohtical Depart
ment, Simla,
To—The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., PoUtical
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Basrah.
Your telegram* dated 9th April, No. 780-B. In answer to recommendation
by Government of India that effort be
made through United States Ambassador
for withdrawal English ladies from Baghdad via Kermanshah before hot season
Secretary of State for India stated March 15th that note regarding departure
British subjects at Baghdad had been sent to United States Ambassador but
difficulties were being made by tne Turkish Government.
(3)
Telegram, dated (and received) the 7th June 1915.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Indian Expeditionary Force “ D,” Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
About fifty Turkish officials lately employed in Basrah and Amara administra
tions are stranded at Amara, and owing to paucity of house accommodation and
other reasons form an inconvenient incubus. I suggest that His Majesty’s Gov
ernment be recommended to seek arrangement with Porte by which river boat be
despatched from Baghdad to Amara conveying English ladies and sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of Resi
dency guard now detained there, and taking back party of Turkish officials above
mentioned.
(Addressed Foreign; repeated to Chief of the Staff and Secretary of State for
India.)
(4)
Telegram P., No. 1261, dated (and received) the 19th June 1915.
From— General Nixon, Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
(Repeated to His Majesty's Secretary of State for India and Chief of the General Staff.)
Please refer to my telegramf of the 7th instant. ifo-Mutessarif of Amara
has heard from Mudir ? at Ali Gharbi that
lint 4. p r0 p 0Se d exchange of prisoners is
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received on 0 JAN 19 16 with
1KD1A FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
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Letter. No. C> J M

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Papers concerning British women and children detained by Turkish authorities in Baghdad as prisoners of war, and an agreement for their exchange (brokered by the United States Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]) for Turkish officials and their families captured in Amara during the British invasion of Mesopotamia. The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 94/1915 Pt 1 ‘German War:- Turkey. Prisoners’ (IOR/L/PS/10/532). The file covers: reports of the release and deportation to Mosul of the remaining British women and children held at Baghdad; the decision to extradite these women and children to Beirut and the Mediterranean, rather than down the river Tigris to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; requests from the Ottoman Government for information of a number of Turkish officials and their families detained at Amara; lists of British and Turkish prisoners of war to be exchanged by both sides; the General Officer Commanding at Basra’s objections to the repatriation of some Turkish officials from Basra.

Several items in the volume (correspondence from the Ottoman Government and the Comité Internationale de la Croix-Rouge) are in French.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (239 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 94 (German War: Turkey) consists of 4 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/532-535. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with each part comprising one volume (1, 3, 4 and 5). There is no part 2.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 239; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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