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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [334r] (675/1386)
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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Bote:- Cholera was very bad in Kabdl up to the begin
ning oi Beptr but was then abating to a rate of about
60 a day* ihiri^ the previous '6 weeks 6,000 deaths
were reported as having taken place*
Meshed Heported with rcferenco to the Germane at Herat that
t}n.r j had been vjarneu early in Poptr to b© ready to go
t** RHbul.A few of the party had been allowed to return
to Persia ana another eraall noraber of Germans had reached
Herat, On the other hand a force of about 200 horse
who proiaoseci to be Turks iad been stopped on the Afghan
iront:Lor. ( 5 th 3eptr)
Tha Governor ox Herat had received the Germans in
.
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
nlxm they iiad produced mrm and a proclamation
of Jehad by the flit an, Hiey pronised arras and officers
to the fdgruuis rnd feaio. that Gen any would insist on the
ocetvicn Turkietan as far ae. Samarkand and of Ind3.a as
f r as Bombay to the Amir, ^heir re^erks do not appear
to Havt made much impression and their corarnents on the
fir'vrtoja.'t;* and troops of Ai>;-.anintan '.ere resented.
fist*an > 0 '.rji !. re port"? fl2th 'eptr) that several German par
ti o- Wi. o approaching Sistan via Kermanshah ?«c
•i i 5 t'iat it hia opinion (sheared iy the British tlin-
i; tor at Tehran) that during the winter the Germans
weul.3 nX o f a dead not’ on 3 is tan. He thinks that in this
Desertions.
event *aany Afghans v.o .ld Join thorn, i i^arty of about 300
with Oer cian oadgos in icrBian caps had gradually
arrival at f or Teashah v.ith 6C loads of German munitions.
Tlio German Consul thoi ‘0 was continuing to enlist men and
ah ’ A- : i to .je t 20, Of f to reinforce the Turks in Baghdad,
Certain Afridi deoerte s from the o.vTaziristan Militia
when passing through 3adran country wore attacked and a
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
and
Sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
killed.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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