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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [132r] (264/1386)
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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Bahrein with the intimationthat its object was the pro
tection of the interests of England and her friends and
From Viceroy dy/
28th Oct.
From Viceroy fP),
dy/ 27th Octr.
Uo B.M.9 to C.G.
dy/ 25th Oct.
From C.G.S,India
to G. 0. C ,ITo 6253
dy/27th Oct.
To Viceroy,Uol299,
dy/ 30th Oct.
From Vieeroy TSo
H.1799 dy/ 31st
Oct.
To Vieeroy.No
1306,dy/30th
Octr/
a reply to German-Turkish military preparations which
were obviously^ directed against the British.
The Force had reached Bahrein on the 23rd Octr and the
Sheikhs and Notables at once expressed their approval
of the proposed expedition and their intention of tele
graphing their deprecation of the provocative actions
of Turkey to the Shekh-ul-Iclam at Constantinople.
,Senegal Delamain reported that on his arrival he found
a young German named Marlig residing at Bahrein who
was in constant communication with the German authori
ties at Basra, Bushire and Teheran and who was not only
able to transmit information about the strength and
composition of the Force hut obtained Var news of HSfiimn
more recent date thah the General himself. ^7ith the
approval of the Government of India the young man was
made a prisoner of war on board ship.
Meantime India had been asked to get ready another Bri
gade mtfmrfirmrmfeAhmiMiTmmmiQin and had replied that the
whole of the fiihia remainder of the 6th Division was
being held ready to leave at short notice but must
await Convoy. The Indian authorities also considered
that the troops under General Delamain would be able to
take and hold Fao but could not push on to Basra with-
out support, partly on account of lack of camel trans-
port and partly because the mountain guns with it might
have to meet heavier hostile artillery.
In the Secretary of State T s reply directing the Force to
to proceed it was ordered that Fao should be at once
attacked and that the river should then be cleared as
far as Shumsuniya f above Dabba Island and about 4 miles
above Muhammerah) where it would await reinforcements
from India. Steps were to be taken to inform the Arab
Chiefs in the Gulf and on the Aden side of our inten
tions.
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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)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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