'Report by H. E. General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the Minor Military Operations undertaken from 1917 to 1921 in North and North East Persia'

Content

The file consists of a report by Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Army Department on minor operations in North and North East Persia from 1917-21.

It includes the East Persian Cordon and Meshed [Mashhad] Military Mission, with three appendices listing the units employed in North and East Persia during the period covered:

• Appendix A – Meshed Mission and East Persian Cordon, January 1918;
• Appendix B – Meshed Mission and East Persian Cordon, January 1919;
• Appendix C - East Persia Force and Line of Communications, February 1920.

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Arrangement

This file consists of a single report.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; 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.

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/17/15/31

Former external reference(s)

Serial No. 3 Case No. 10683

History of this record

Date(s)

1921 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military operations

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Commander-in-Chief, IndiaGovernment of India, Army Department, General Staff Branch

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'Report by H. E. General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the Minor Military Operations undertaken from 1917 to 1921 in North and North East Persia', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/31, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000145> [accessed 13 March 2025]

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