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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [308r] (622/1386)
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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Ktofeat - Searly all the Oraknal *kaddao ’ have cone
dovn but not so uany of U«e larger faaUloB of the Kabral
Khel and Ohilssaie* {4/1^)
Kxlttwm - Rain waa badly wanted in the *al ey & rinder-
* '
pest was very prevalent.( 1 l/lfc)*
- '>uiet except for bomo saall raida by Mahisuds
fttt ii iQiost outlaws { 11 / 12 ).
Tooiii - Sil.
Khoat •'Hio people are showing signs that the donj.al of
acooss to British territory is irksoiae and that begin
to think that they had better eoiae to ten&s. On the
other hand the iS&sim and Babrak ^Hah an- the Xa*i
continue to tahiA aeasnres of proportion pointing to
possible trouble in the early surtaer.
Jarirs - These tribes have given considerable trouble
ikimmmmvMkmA by way of raids # attacks on pioquets and
convoys 2 nd desertions from the militia and • my•
The aiumal mam migration of Powindahe by the G-oaal
was normal although there had been predictions that it
would not take place.
The Kabul Agent re orts - 8 th 3>eor- that the Turk*-
German Mission hat paid two visits to thr Aair who
said that no definite answer could be given until pre
cedents had been examined etc. During the conversations
the Amir put forward the view that although the Af
ghans are devout Delias.good fighters ana patriots,
and prepared always to come forward for Jehad they have
not the economic and military means to continue war
for any length of time.
The Members of the Mission replied that the non-exis-
tonce of arms factories except in Kabul was to be re
gretted. If Afghanistan would come to an understanding
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Open Government Licence