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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [307r] (620/1386)
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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S«W.Frontleri-
Ho E2 dated India Of floe 26th January 19I6,
fThe information is taken from the latest telegrams
- ▼!* 26th Jany- unless otherwise stated, with sup
plementary notes when necessary*
Latest - All guiet except for the usual H&hsud raides.
Sote.- 'The following information is from the Diaries
of 27th Hot to 11th Decrt-
?.vat •, - The Haji of Turangsai is said to hare
left Swat for Khal in Sind where he was well received
The friendship between the Sandaki iJullah and Faiyid
Abdul Jabbar °hah is diminishing owing to the luke
warmness of the latter in the natter Sf Jehad* ( 11 / 12 )
Hazara - He per ted that the Aair of the Hindustani
Fanatics has been invited to Kabul to meet the German
Mission but refused and sent a representative*(27/11)*
Mohsaand - In the raid on Charsadda mentioned in 5o
21 very little loot was carried off but about i of
the basaar was burnt* 1 raider was killed and another
who was wounded brought in and executed but tbe rest
escaped. As our villages had apparently assisted the
culprits a baramta was made and 1,200 men and some
cattle seised* 300 of the former have been detained*
( 11 / 12 ).
Afrldls - On the 2nd Deer a Jirga of 4 to 50 r 0 men
met the Ch Corner to reeelve the old and new allowances
arranged for during the past summer between the tribe
and Mr Pears,Pol Agent, and Sahlbsada Abdul Falyum,
Asst *ol Agent Khyber. The conduct of the olan has been
very satisfactory* So offences ham been eommltted in
British territory and no overtures from Kabul through
their own or foreign Mullahs have been accepted* lore
families than usual have oome down to Peshawar . 11 The
" attitude of the tribe appears to be all that can be
” desired and the prospects for the winter to be quite
"satisfactory." I 4/12)
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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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- IOR/L/MIL/5/768
- 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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