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'Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 3' [47r] (93/352)
The record is made up of 1 file (175 folios). It was created in 23 Oct 1920-1 May 1921. 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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P/w^PH3A,SE . iULC. ^ ‘
r*oin• F-esopotarrda,
: . 1 o: War Office repeated India, Constantinople and Cairo.
Dcsp. 2450 23,1.21.
Reed. 1215 24.1.21,
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X.1274 cipher Januari r 23rd.
X* 1207 January 15th.
Nearly 2^ ?million rounds of ammunition and noa.rly
60,000 rifles have been surrendered up to date*
Lower Ruphrutes. Cn 15th column from Nasiriy^
marchinp up Shatt A1 ?Hai reached Butniya 11 miles north
of Haltodjb. Column arrived Suv^ij 8 miles north on JanU-iy
l$th, arrived 2^ miles north of Shattra on Janua^ry 19th,
and is duo to-day at Husafi 6 miles south of Karrdi.
Middle Euphrates. Reconstruction of Jorhuiah
bridge on Baghdad-Basrah rt^ilway completed and train passed
over January 15th. Tvro columiis continuing ? to visit a,rca
Kufa-Kif 1 and southward down Hindiya channel. Cfci January
16th punitive measures east and south east of Afej were car?‘ied
out by column from Afoj and quantity of ? cattle collected.
55th Brigade column moved from iman ^usim 7 miles
south of Jerbuiah 9 miles west to Alyadhim on Janu. ry 16th,
on January l^th ope re. ted down both banks of Hamidiya canal.
On January 16th column ? operating dov/n Shamiya channel
visited villages in area Xbusukhair. In this area rifle
surrenders continue.
Part XI. Kut-ol-Ayaara - Hai area on January 16th
Column supplied by river trfmsport from Kut-cl-Amara march! ig
dovm Shatt A1 Hai reach? (ing) 10 miles south of KUt-ol-Amnra
on January 17th point 9 ? (group omitted) north of Hai town.:
On January 18th column entered this place. On column
approaching town, Column Commander vms mot by leading Sheik is
V/i-C
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Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. The correspondence discusses location of insurgencies (including Kirkuk, Sulaimani, Hit, Basrah to Mosul route) and identification of insurgents and methods to repress insurgency including use of artillery fire and airpower.
Also discusses situation in Caucasia and Crimea, and the Cossacks and Bolshevik conflict in context of British relations with the Soviet Government. A note on British Foreign Policy (folio 154) observes that the 'Policy of the British Government does not permit assistance being given to Wrangel [Petr Nikolaevich Wrangel, Baron]', a founder of the White Russian movement in the Russian Civil War.
The file includes a map (folio 174): 'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia'.
Correspondents include GHQ Mesopotamia; the War Office, London; the High Commissioner for Iraq; and the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia.
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- 1 file (175 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 175; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 71-174; this sequence is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. An additional foliation sequence is also present between ff 2-173; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- 'Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 3'
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- front, front-i, 2r:173v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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