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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [154r] (311/1386)
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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MEttJTE BY THE XILITAHY SECRETARY, IKBIA OF) ICE.
The role of India in a Turkish ^ar•
All the ozsens point to war with Turkey within a few
weeks or even days. Such a contingency need not alara
us unless the Turks succeed in drawing the Arabs to their
side. In that case they will probably provlaia a Jehad
and endeavour to raise *Bgk Afghanistan and the Frontier
tribes against us which might be a serious danger to In
dia and would most certainly add enormously to our diffi
culties and responsibilities. This shows how important
it is to us to avert a Turko-Arab coalition.
It is known that Turkey has been intriguing right and
left to win over the Arabs and it is even said that Bin
Faced, the leading Arab Chief, has been induced to join
the Turks. If this is true we may expect serious trouble
in ?>Ie8opota»ia and in Egypt.
I have discussed this aspect of the case with Major
Shakespear and he feels mire that Bin Faood has not yet
fully ooiatttitted himself ae his hatred of the Turks is too
pronounoedto admit of an easy surrender to their blandish
ments. Moreover h© is convinced that we have only to give
some sure sign of our intention to support him and the
Arabs generally against the Turks to turn the balance in
our favour. How oah we give such a sign? !$y solution of
the problem is that we must give the signal before war
breaks out or it may be too late and that the best way of
doing so is to send a force from India to the Fhatt-el-
Arab at onoe .
?e can easily do so at the present moment without
arousing any suspicion. Troops and ships are in readiness
at Bombay. The H&vy can convoy them to the mouth of the
Gulf, and the Expedition, if despatched under sealed or
ders, could arrive at the mouth of the Fhatt-el-Arab with-
out a soul toowing anything about Its despatch for this
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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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