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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [161r] (325/1386)
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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Telegram dated 3rd October 1916
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From Secretary of State for India
To Viceroy,Army Department.
Ho 1144. Private. My 1134 Expedition "D".
Please instruct Officer Commanding that we axe at peace with
Turkey and on no account is he to land troops on Turkish ter
ritory or tafcn any other hostile action against Turks without
orders from you except in case of absolute military necessity.
He may disembark if convenient to do so either on Abadan Island
or at 'fuhammerah but preferably at Abadan. On this point however
he should work in concert with Kaval and Political authorities.
He should endeavour to avoid any action which might cause
friction with the Arabs either in Persian or Turkish territory
as we may have to rely on their cooperation in the event ofjl •
a rupture with Turkey. Ko will of course take all steps to
protect the oil tanks and other British interests in Persian
territory.
You will doubtless take measures in sufficient time to warn
the Political Officers in Oulf of action contemplated so that
necessary counrunications may oe mde by them to Dheikhs of iflu-
hsmraerah and Yowoit and to Bin Saood in good time so that they
may have sufficient previous confidential intimation of ap- ^
proach of Expedition.
Besident Baghdad should also be warned and directed to commu
nicate with Consul at Basra but it is most important that no
information regarding expedition should leak out before it
reaches Shatt-el-Arab.
Admiralty are instructing Baval authorities.
I am eommunicat ing rith Shakecpear and will telegraph further
about his movements.
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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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- Open Government Licence