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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [169r] (341/1386)
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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Telegraa dated 7th October 1914
Frora Viceroy,
To Fecretsopy of State for ladla
Confidential. In rox^ly to yota’ tologra^ -o 1158 of October 5th
in which, you ask for a full expression of sjy viers upon the
Abadan project, I venture to put forv?ard .toileting considera
tions after consulting Conoander-in-Chief.
It apoears to us perfectly clear that the policy of Turkey,
which is not In a position to give real mtorial assistance
to the eneiay, is dominated by Germany, whose aim in to crcat
a situation in whioh it will appear that Turkey is the object
of aggression of one* or nore Christian Powers, Violations of
neutrality, as in ce e of Ooeben, fire too technical to be under
stood by the >Iahoiaedan masses, but the presence of bellige
rent ships and the disembarkation of troops in Turkish waters
are facts of which the provocative character ore api^arent to
all. That suoh provocation sarould be given by Indian ships or
troops will oreat a bad effect in India and Afghanistan and
must be to play into the hands of Germany. I agree with Fir.l
Mallet that at present moment, presence of three of our ships
in the Thatt-el-Arab is not defensible from an international
point of view, but to send troops into these neutral waters
would probably be met by firing on our ships from the Fort at
Fao,
Materially this would do us no harm but if w© took no ac
tion our prestige in the O^lf would vanish, while if we retal
iated we should place ourselves entirely in the wrong.
Disembarkation at Abadan presents no difficulty frora a mil
itary point of view, but to do go will be to walk deliberately
into a trap not unskilfully laid for ua. Before any final de
cision to dlaerabek troops at Abadan is taken, I trust Els
Majesty*s Government will consider very carefully the above
aspect of the question and particularly effect which it is
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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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