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File 160/1916 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: MILITARY OPERATIONS 1916. SIR P. SYKES MISSION.' [‎spine] (3/992)

The record is made up of 1 volume (491 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to military operations in Persia in 1916 and Brigadier General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes' mission to create a military force.

Topics discussed in the correspondence include:

  • The proposed increase of the Cossack Brigade and the question of a formation of an irregular force in south Persia under British officers
  • The amount of associated costs and responsibility for payment
  • The movements of Sir Percy Sykes and his mission after he left Karachi.

The principal correspondents include: the Viceroy, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Under Secretary of State, 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. ; HM Minister, Tehran, Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes.

The volume 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 (491 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The Subject 160 (Sir P Sykes Mission) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/579-580, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 493; 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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File 160/1916 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: MILITARY OPERATIONS 1916. SIR P. SYKES MISSION.' [‎spine] (3/992), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/579, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100076754314.0x000004> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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