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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [320r] (647/1386)
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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_ been told by the Baeio to watch hie tribe oareltilly ae
ae he t the ffaeim* has been eent for to Kabdl in connec
tion with the arrival of the Germane there*
The Badehali Sahib of lelampur ie also reported (from
Peehawar) to have been eummoned to Kabul for the same
J^wpoee.
The export of grai from Khost has been stopped*
The leading Ma!ike have been asked to report the nutebvra
of their fighting men and rifles* The totals were P4 # 000
men and about 19 f 000 rifles*
The excellent harvest has produced a general feeling of
said to be
truculence on the port of the tribesmen who are consider
ing a final attack oil the Toohl*
German intrigues in Persia :- The conditions in Shirae were becoming dif
ficult for the Consul ancording to a report of 85th Oct
The German influence was strong and much money was being
spent. In a recent telegram it has been peported that
the Consul and British Colony had been arrested at the
instigation of the Germane and that the ladies had safe
ly reached Bushlro *hile the raon had besn sent to some
where near Ahraa via Buraejan. They mro being well
treated so far*
Desertions. In October these amounted to 395 of whom 161 rejoined or
were apprehended. They were nearly all recruits* Out of
50 trained soldier?! 29 were Tathans.
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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