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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [326r] (659/1386)
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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No 16 dated ina la Of fico 5th H 0Veral)er X915.
(The information is taken from the latest telegrams viz-
3rd -ov - unless otherriise stated t with supplementary
notes when neoessary. ).
frontier. LatestAll quiet except tho usual M&hsud raiders.
The Bunerwal jirga agreed to the terms laid down viz 5,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
fine and the expulsion of the Turangzai Mulla fl‘om
their country and they went of:, to meet a nurr/ber of thoir
people to get them to agree. Hie Hindustani lunatics are
also to be excelled.
Baluchi stan : - The Acrent reported (1/10/15) a rather
serious state of affairs in Kelat and Mekran vhero tho
Bazira hud beer defeated at Turap by Bahrain Khan of Baranzai
He thought It desirable to send troops to support the JSa-
z5m but the nove? r n,'ocnt were not ab3.e to agree to this •
Tvo war ships wore sent to Mekran ports and things seem
to be quieter.
Afghanistan . Note: - ^he Germans whom the Amir wrote to the Vicerpy
about on 8 th Sept (see No 13) had arrived in Kabul appa
rently by the end of the month. Reports from a credible
source atate that there were about P.0 in European clothes
of whom 4 were leaders, high German Austrian and Turkish
officials with letters from their Sovereigns demanding
alliance or at least free passage for an army. The remain
der of the party,about 200 armed men, wore Turks Pathans
acul Persians. Sardars Tnayatulla Khan and Nasrulla Khan
had stayed with them at Babar Bagh since they arrived and
were in comnuniaation with the Amir about them.
It is further stated by the some informant that the Afghah
Army is anxious for a iehad and that the Amir is unpopular
because ho will not meet the wishes of the ’'ilitary cliquey
The arms factories in Kabul are said to be working at high
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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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