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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [331r] (669/1386)
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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Ho 14 dated India Of Hoc 21st October 1915.
(The information is taken from the latest telegrams
vis - 19th Oot - unless otherwise stated, with sup
plementary notes when necessary)•
Frontier* Latest* All quiet on H*r*Irontier except that there are some
200 Hindustan; Fanatics in Arabeyla Paso and a raiding gang
of 300 men on the Fimt Kivor* Baluchistan Frontier quiet*
S av?t %o to Toohl; - Sothing of importance*
agirintan: - It is reported that the Mahand Maliks had
written (11th fept) to the Amir to say that Kalara Pin Ab
dulla! # ox Subadar S*; aeiristan Militia had deserted with
their connivance after looting Boy a lost of oash and rifles
and had reached Mahsud country with his
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
* A reply has
cour from
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
ftasrullah Khan to the effect that the Tubdr
should be sent to Kabul and asking the amount of his Militia
Pay,
Afghanistan*
T3ote. Cholera was still bad in the middle of Septr from
Pak a to Kabul* M?my deaths oocurred in the lashkars after
the f rst Phabkadr fight and cases spread throughout the vil-
j lages #
There was considerable disappointment in ITingrahar and also
in eshawar among classes who hate us that the Afridis, and
especially the 5'akka Khel f oould not be persuaded to join the
Mohmande in their recent attacks on us*
German intrigues in Persia & Afghanistan* A pilgrim from Pamarkhand
/,
//
/\
stated in Peshawar ( 11th Bept) that he saw several Austrians
in -agar-i-?harif* r hey had escaped from near Samarkhsnd to
go to Afghanistan but a number had been killed or caught by
the Hueelans*
Peshawar also reports (11th Septr) from Kabul that 2 arties
(a German,a Turk & and Arab) were lecturing in Ghasni and
Logar but no particular excitement was being caused*
The Kabul Agent reports (15yh Septr) that letterr from Fnver
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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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- IOR/L/MIL/5/768
- 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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