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File 94/1915 Pt 1 ‘German War:- Turkey. Prisoners’ [‎148v] (305/441)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (217 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1914-31 Dec 1915. 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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Liras.
6 pairs woollen socks
L.
• • •
R.P.
240
1 mattress, Ledaf and pillows
... 1
208
1 trunk
...
• ••
200
6 shirts
• ••
• ••
372
handkerchiefs...
• • •
• • •
76
1 pair shoes
...
• • •
...
280
1 pair boots
...
• • •
...
400
12
89
Note. —All the above were ruined and most of
them thrown away during the journey.
Expenses incurred during the journey from Baghdad
to Mersina for tea, milk, extra food, coolie A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. hire,
bakshish to driver, cost of a trunk, a sweater
at Aleppo, hotel charges for “extras" at
Aleppo, &c., &e.
Deduct .—
13
185
Received from the Committee on account of incidental
expenses
3
550
9*635
Paid two days messing on board the Italian ship
“ Sivacusa" Frcs. 14 and tips to waiter Frcs. 4
Frcs. 18.
800
E. P.
Quarantine and customs charges at Alexandria ... 9
Carriage, coolie A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. and cart hire at Alexandria ... 24
Hotel bill for lodging at Alexandria ... ... US
Tips to servants at Alexandria ... ... 15
bood at Alexandria, 22nd February to 1st March ... IbO
Breakfast on 2nd March ... ... ... 8
Tea and tip to coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. at Port Said ... ... 13
345 3-943
26 584
Deduct .—
Advanced to me by the American Consul at Baghdad Liras
2
Advanced to me by Mr. Tod, President of the Committee
of the Baghdad Caravan ... 5 =7
Rnte of exchange.
R. P. 432=1 Lira.
Frcs. 22*5()=1 „
E. P. 87*50 = 1 „
Liras 63*7 = Us. 1,000
19*584
Equal to ... Rs. 235 1 1
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Stephen J. Thaddeus,
2nd Clerk,
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Baghdad.
Note ly Messrs. M. A. Rosario, Head Clerk, M. G. Thaddeus, Accountant and Treasurer and
S. J. Thaddeus, 2nd Clerk, of the Baghdad Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , of events since the 1st November 1914.
A detailed note of all that happened at Baghdad between the 1st and 21st November was
made by Mr. M. A. Rosario and left by him in the desk which he occupied at the American
Consulate at Baghdad. Notes made by Mr. Rosario from the 22nd November up to the 12th
December 1914 were destroyed by him on the 13th idem as he feared an examination of his
personal effects prior to his being expelled (with the other British subjects) from Baghdad.
The present note is written from memory and some items may have escaped our memory.
The dates given may also be inaccurate.

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Correspondence and papers relating to British prisoners of war in Baghdad, detained in the wake of the commencement of hostilities between Britain and Turkey in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in November 1914. The papers cover: the status of British subjects including British Indians in Baghdad; reports of Turkish troop movements in Mesopotamia; correspondence between the British and United States governments, the latter working as an intermediary between the British and Ottoman governments, to secure the good treatment and release of British prisoners in Baghdad; reports from the United States Consul at Baghdad (Charles Frederick Brissel) on conditions at Baghdad; a report on a journey made from Baghdad to Bombay [Mumbai] by British Indian employees of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Baghdad in November 1914 (ff 147-153); in June 1915, negotiations for the exchange of British subjects (including women and children) detained at Baghdad, with Turkish officials stranded at British-occupied Amara [Al ‘Amārah]. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office, including the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Algernon Law, Sir Ralph Spencer Paget; the Government of the USA, including the US Consul at Baghdad and the US Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], Philip Hoffman.

The volume contains two items in French; letters from the Ottoman Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forwarded by the US Ambassador at Constantinople (ff 32-33, ff 49-50).

The part includes a divider (f 1) which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (217 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 215; 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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