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'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II' [135r] (269/274)
The record is made up of 1 file (135 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1917-24 Jun 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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SECRET.
F>^m: - Rr.ilw'.ys, B- rhd\d .
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Handed in 1.45.p.m.
Receive: 5 3.36.u.m. 12/12/i 7 .
TcWar Office.
repeated War Section, Delhi.
X.5267. December 11th.
Progress report up to December 8th.
Kv>ivo ■- Basrah -Q urn ah Railv/ay. No linking during week. Sufficient
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permanent way has now toon received tc complete jSasrnb Nahr Umr
^. aQia ^**Saqubah motrc gauge conversion. Linking completed to
Baqubah road station on left bank of Dialha and metre-gau^e
transhipment to narrow gauge transferred to Baqutah road station.
Earthworks and linking of sidings in Baqubah road station in hand.
Hanaldi Bapubah narrovv^ gauge . Dismantling and picking up
material Hannidi end started. Material will be collected and
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sorted ready for use on the Abu Jisrah Abu Sai(?)da(?)h branch
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route B&qubah^* Daltawah extension. JO ywJvo
F allujah stj-ndard gauge extension. Formation complete
to mile feSt^section with heaviest earth work has been completed
so progress will now be faster. Linking from mile 23 recommenced
on 9th and should bo complete to mile 30 by December 1 12th.
y-ufvuM/i ** M usa iyib standard gauge extension. No progress embankment
complete to mile 10.
Shipping discharges at Basrah. - Thessalia, Subadar r
' Ringsang and Hingpo complete (?ed). Discharging permanent way
material, stores and timber. Hunnie with 3 standard gauge
locr me tives and Scottier. Kajang, Sandakan and Kamuning with
permanent way material are now discharging. Phranaug and Fausare
arrived in port with permanent way material hut net yet, placed
for discharging.
Copies tcr-
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Military operations targeting the Turkish railways in Palestine
- Planning and progress of the Mesopotamia Transport Commission
- Supply of railway materials, rolling stock, and personnel
- Postwar railway policy in India and Mesopotamia
- The question of substituting oil fuel for coal supply in river and rail transport.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; the Chief of Imperial General Staff; Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the Commander-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, India; the Major General Sir Henry Francis Edward Freeland, Chairman of the Mesopotamia Transport Commission; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Chief of the General Staff, India; the Director General of Movements and Railways, War Office; and the Assistant Director of the Inland Water Transport, Mesopotamia.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (135 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
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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 137; 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; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/788
- Title
- 'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:136v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence