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File 94/1915 Pt 4 ‘German War; Turkey; Baghdad prisoners &c.’ [236v] (481/490)
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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Jlo.H-6979, dated Simla, the 12th August 1915.
Endorsed by the OoTemment of India, Army Department
Memorandum No.110-1, dated the 11th (
July 1915,from the Conaandant,
Prisoners Of War Camp. Thayetmyo, to
the Adjutant General in India.
Telegram Mo. 29230-1 U.G.7-G), dated
the 3rd August 1915, from the
Adjutant General in India to the
Commandant, Prisoners of Mar Camp, ,
Thayetmyo. ,
A oopy of the marginally noted
papers is forwarded to the ^
foreign and Political
Department.
Enclosure 1 to Serial (13).
Memorandum No. 110-1, dated the 11th July 1915.
From—The Commandant, Prisoners of War Camp, Thayetmyo,
To—The Adjutant General in India.
Some of the recently arrived Turkish officers interned here state that, about
the end of May, or beginning of June, negotiations had been opened concerning the
release of, or safe conduct for, some English ladies in Baghdad. They state the
British proposal was, that if these ladies were released or handed over safely, all
the Turkish Government civil officials apprehended in the Province of Basrah
would be released from captivity. They state that Captain Hafas Osman was the
bearer of this message to the Governor of Baghdad.
2. No. T.-59 Colonel Soubhi Bey has brought this ru mour to my notice, and I
request that I may be informed as to whether there is any truth in it, as if true
and the negotiations came to a satisfactory issue, there are certain Turkish Gov
ernment civil officials interned here, who would appear to be entitled to liberation.
Enclosure 2 to Serial (13).
Telegram No. 29230-1 (A.G. 7-G), dated the 3rd August 1915.
From— The Adjutant General in India,
To—The Commandant, Prisoners of Wai Camp, Thayetmyo.
Your* 110-1,11th July, regarding release certain Turkish officials at Thayetmyo.
Negotiations between His Majesty’s Gov-
•Enciosuro i. eminent and Turkish Government on
subject have as yet proved abortive.
(15)
Telegram P., dated London, the 31st August (received the 1st September) 1915.
From—His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India,
To His Excellency the Viceroy (Foreign and Political Department), Simla.
British ladies at Baghdad. Reference my telegramf of July 10th. At present
the Turkish Government consider the
t Serial No. (lO). exchange as inopportune and state that if
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- File 94/1915 Pt 4 ‘German War; Turkey; Baghdad prisoners &c.’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:5v, 8r:36v, 39r:49v, 52r:55v, 57r:68v, 70r:72v, 75r:78v, 80r:80v, 83r:91v, 93r:95v, 98r:118v, 120r:124v, 131r:132v, 135r:142v, 145r:153v, 157r:163v, 166r:173v, 180r:191v, 194r:195v, 198r:200v, 202r:203v, 205r:207v, 209r:209v, 212r:214v, 216r:229v, 232r:239v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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