'Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding British Mission Escort in Persia on Minor Operations in Southern Persia. From 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918'

Content

The file consists of a despatch on minor operations in southern Persia by the South Persia Rifles from 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918, compiled by Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, Inspector-General South Persia Rifles and commanding British Mission Escort in Persia, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla.

Topics include: administration; supplies; garrisons; training; transport; medical; personnel; and moral.

Details are also given concerning: tours of the Inspector-General; arrangements for the detachment of troops; attacks on military camps and convoys; military actions; skirmishes against robbers; and unit statistics.

Also includes two maps:

• folio 18 - Map A 'MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN 22-1-18'
• folio 19 - Map B 'MAP SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN ON 24th and 27th JANUARY 1918'

Extent and format

1 file (18 folios)

It is grouped into

'MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN 22-1-18'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29, f 18

'MAP SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN ON 24th and 27th JANUARY 1918'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29, f 19

Arrangement

The file consists of a single despatch with accompanying maps (folios 18-19).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29

Former external reference(s)

P 19 Case No. 1706—Field Operations

History of this record

Date(s)

1918 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military operationsReports

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Burma Mounted InfantrySouth Persia RiflesSouth Persia Rifles, Inspector-General

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'Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding British Mission Escort in Persia on Minor Operations in Southern Persia. From 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000143> [accessed 13 March 2025]

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