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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [348r] (703/1386)
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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Afghanistan. Tho Amir is reported to have stated in open Iterbar
that the British were fighting in a Just cause and that it
would be sinful to di- turb them by raising trouble on
their border t such a time.
The Bushian Consular Agent reported ( 22nd August) that a
Siotan.
emll party of 6 Germans, 2 or 3 Turkish Officers and 6
or 7 Afghans had crossed the border into Afghanistan at
Chaferig and that the pursuing Cossacks had failed to over
take them.One of the Afghans is reported to be named
'Vlir Hast f frldi and is supposed to be perhaps tho Jemadar
of t he 58th Bifles who deserted in I'ranoe.
The above was probably a part of a gathering oi Germans
which had been reported as near Tabas about the end of
Ji>ly and which tho Foreign Office at Simla believed to
number, with Turks ao, some 250 men with 6 machine guns*
and perhaps on their way to Afghanistan via Ghazik.or^gJ}-
( Local reports from hashed # Sistan Ac were to the effect
that th^ gathering would novo by various routes or that
tho object might be to have a German centre of influence
in each Persian district). Of these the Germans were 29,
Austrians 16, Indians 26 and the rest Persians Ac.
The Viceroy had communicated the facts about these people
tc the Amir •
Baluchistan. During July there was some trouble in Jhalawan where the
Zsrsksai Chief Khan ■ahomed attacked the Political Agents
Camp at Sohrab at the end of June. He was driven off u
has been deposed. Some corresponding unrest in Las Bela
lias been dealt with. In Makran the trans-frontier Baluch
attacked Paaht and though driven off by levies carried
off a good deal of loot. Persian Baluchistan was reported
to be in a ver disturbed sti-t o •
Desertions. A fow recruits of tho 106th deserted but some were caught*
Ho change in the situation*
Aden.
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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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