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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [576r] (1163/1386)
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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perceived by me and not known to my correspondents, but I am veiy uneasv
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Mesopotamm ? of ^ officers and drafts passing up 1 have had the same
complaint from other sources. nssurances On yonr advice,
c rndorts! C arf n'ot ti^ AZ! andTe shall have no defence if
all that is possible is not done.
Jjji. Rrom Viceroy to Secratary of State for India.
Dated 3rd D 0 C 3 in"b 6 r 1915*
H. (553. Our telegram of the 17th ITovember, 91C8.
Please telegraph whether H.C.O’s and privates. R.A.I.l.C.
asked for likely to he sent. If so please expedite their
departure for "Boinbay.
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From Gonaral Uixon to Soorotary of State for India.
Date 7th December 1915.
940/28/A. Yonr C/243 of 4th. ^.onnded aatisfactorily
diopoeed of. Mmy likely to recover in country oomfortablyi
place! in hospitals et Amara ahd Basra. 2hose for invaliding
are being place, direct on two hospital ships that were
ready at Basra on arrival of river boats. General condition
of wounded very satisfactory. Medical arrangements under
cironmatances of considerable difficulty works 1 splendidly
From Secretary of State for India to Viceroy.
Dated 18th October 1915.
3215. Your telegram of 3rd instant H. 9553. *a Office
State the K.A.M.C. details will embark on the transport
Uakarini soiling 2£nd December.
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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)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Open Government Licence