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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [205r] (414/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (687 folios). It was created in 1915-1918. 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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COPY OF TELEGRAM.
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Dated Basra* 5th Jamary 1916c
Received at London Office
Mo c J*0 o 1912c 5th. Sir P t Cox had long interview with
Sin Baud B<*krein on December 26th. Full
note of the interview being posted you c meanwhile resume
is as follows:- (Begins ) . Though Turks are no doubt taking
advantage of recent developments in Europe and of
suspension of our advance on Baghdad to endeavour to
re-kindle tribal and religious feeling against us in
Central Arabia^ Bin Baud does not anticipate much result*
lie thinks. explanation of rumour of intended purchase of
\40,C0C cg^el^by Turks, fi that Turks are enteawuring to
bribe briM\ Sheikhs to co-w^a t f < with them M&^ere offerin
\bribe yn shape of an advance'for investment in^ camels or
Jhgrses in case Turkish Government requires them* He himsel
received similar overtures few months ago^ He does not
believe Bin Rashid would dare to advance far towards Koweit
or Nasiriyah for fear that Bin Baud should cut in against
( ?) in his rear and that in any case absence of rain and
grazing puts advance of any large force at present out y of
the question* Bin Baud's present relations with of
Mecca are quits normal and friendly but he characterizes
essentially unsbable^trivialpandependable* ry ^
Bin Baud discredits any active understanding between Shanai
and Bin Rashid* Regarding general question of Caliphs*
in the eventiof Turkey breaking up Bin Baud says nobody among
ruling chie ^if^f $ in the 1**31 vho calls himself Caliph
and even if aaims title they would no more accept
control
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This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the 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. , collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Kut-el-Amara [Al Kūt].
The papers cover a range of topics and include the following: General Townshend's assessment of the situation after the Battle of Kut-el-Amara; a précis of correspondence relating to the origins and development of the Mesopotamia expedition; and a collection (ff 396-399) of private telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
The file also includes some tables showing the strength of General Townshend's force at Ctesiphon (folio 111) as well as the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' (In Mesopotamia) Troops of the 6th Poona Division (folio 114).
Correspondents include: General Sir John Nixon; Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend; the Viceroy of India; officials of the Admiralty; officials of the War Office.
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- 1 file (687 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 686; 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. Multiple additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are written in crayon and pencil; where they are written in pencil and circled, they are crossed through.
The file has one foliation anomaly, f 374A.
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- Title
- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:89v, 91r:107v, 109r:130v, 131ar, 131r:134v, 135ar, 135ar, 135r:136v, 137ar, 137r:203v, 204ar, 204r:225r, 225ar, 225v:295v, 296ar, 296r:316v, 317ar, 317r:374v, 374ar:374av, 375r:405v, 406ar, 406r:562r, 562ar, 562v:623v, 624ar, 624r:686v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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