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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 32. PART II. (From 16th to 31st March 1917.)’ [99r] (206/294)
The record is made up of 1 volume (143 folios). It was created in 15 Jan 1917-31 Mar 1917. 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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273
The total value of merchandise imported during the calendar year 1916,
was R40,366,000 the most important items being as follows:—
R
Cotton Textiles
Provision and Oilman stores
Sugar
Timber
Tobacco
Grain and Flour
Liquors
Tea . •
Milk . .
• • • •
• • • •
' • • •
• • • •
• • • •
. 13,800,000
. 4,500,000
4,000,000
. 2,700,000
. 2,600,000
2,500,000
. 2,000,000
. 1,150,000
. 600,000
Owing partly to freight difficulties the hulk of the import trade is now
from or through India, though there have been a few direct steamers from
the United Kingdom, Sweden and Singapore. It is probable that a very
large portion of the tea imported into Basrah is eventually smuggled into
Persia where the rate of duty is very high. Piece-goods move freely between
Mohammerah and Basrah at both of which places there are large stocks; the
determining factors as to whether bales are discharged at one port or the other
seem to be the amount of godown space in the two places, the market rate
of the day and whether it is more convenient to the merchant to have an
office at each town or only at one of them.
Duty is not charged on Government stores or on goods imported by mem
bers or units of the Force.
The following quantities of dates were exported in 1916, 716,124 basket®
and 124,7981 cases, a total net weight of about 1,709,429 cwt and value
Bs. 10,628,000 j.o.l). Basrah.
The most important markets for Mesopotamian dates have been London,
Bombay, Karachi and New York which have taken 475,000, 371,000, 222,000
and 164,000 cwt. respectively ; it is probable that Bombay is a transhipping
centre for European ports and African and Indian coast ports.
The year has been marked by the arrival of a number of Japanese steamers
and a marked increase in the importation of Japanese goods.
List of photographs sent to Chief of the General Staff, Delhi and M. 7. 7 War
Office with Diary of information No. 40.
452. Amarah shewing the Gorringe Hospital, (No. 32, Stationary) the low
building on the left of the picture.
453. Amarah.
454. Amarah.
455. Amarah.
456. Amarah.
481. In the Narrows.
482. Arab village on the Tigris.
483. Miri below Azair.
484. Chahalah Canal Muraidah Bazaar.
485. Araiba
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
486. Qulat Salih, Sabaen Mukhtars.
487. Qulat Salih, Sheikh Falih A1 Saihud.
488. Amarah, Quid Muhammed of the Quid Khurdah (Pusht-i-Kuh).
489. Kassarah.
Memorandum No. Ig. (p.) 1148-219, dated 10 th March 1917. APPENDIX 325
From—The Chief of the General Staff, Indian Expeditionary Force <( (7y. No. 20084)
q, TThe Secretary, War Office (M. I. 7), London.
0 I The Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Delhi.
I forward herewith “ Diary of Information” No. 41, dated the 10th March
1917.
Working copy to G. S. (M. O. 3).
Copy to M- S. C., M. S. V., G. B., F. A., A. G., Q M. G., D. G. O.
D G. M. W., D. M. S , F. & P, Department, Bail way Board, G. S, (M. O. I*
S D. 1, S. D. 2, S, D. 3, M. T, 1).
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The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 March 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: telegrams, tables, and memoranda containing instructions and reports.
The volume mostly relates to:
- Reinforcements and labour requirements of Force D
- Supplies for Force D, including: river craft, weapons, ammunition, rations, trains, and railway construction materials
- Lists of sick and wounded soldiers
- Prisoners of war
- Updates from the Tigris line, especially at Baghdad, Samarrah [Samarra], and Bakuba [Baqubah, also rendered in text as Bakubah]
- Updates from the Khanikin [Khanaqin] front, especially at Khanikin, Shahroban [Al Miqdadiyah], and the area around the Dialah [Diyala, also rendered in text as Dialha] river
- Updates from the Euphrates line, especially at Samawah [As Samawah] and Fallujah [Al Fallujah, also rendered in text as Felujah]
- Updates from the Russo-Turkish fronts in the Caucasus region and in Persia [Iran]
- Turkish [Ottoman] forces: movements; intelligence from deserters; reported difficulties with supplies and communication; details of commanders; re-organisation of troops; and distributions on week ending 20 March (ff 39-40) and week ending 27 March (f 120)
- Discussions about co-operating with Russian forces on certain operations
- Discussions about Force D’s priority being the consolidation of their position in Baghdad, including: planned communications with the population; approaches to taking over from the Turkish administration; and the completion of railway connections to the city
- Possibility of advancing along Euphrates to Samawah
- Intelligence provided by the Caucasus Military Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Intelligence about German troops
- Reports of the Royal Flying Corps
- Progress of railways construction
- Situation in Persia, particularly discussions around the decision to return the Bushire [Bushehr] force to the command of the Commander-in-Chief in India.
The volume also contains:
- Appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations summarising the situation in Mesopotamia on 18 March (ff 21-24) and on 25 March (ff 76-77)
- Two diaries of information from 3 March (ff 83-99) and 10 March (ff 100-111), covering: climate and floods; prisoners of war; inland water transport; the Army Ordnance Corps (Basrah [Basra]); aviation; sanitary reports; tribal confederations of the Tigris; customs duties in Iraq; photographs; and railways in Mesopotamia.
A summary and index to the contents of this volume can be found at the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3272.
Whilst the volume contains copies of earlier material dating from 15 January 1917 onwards, the bulk of the material dates from March 1917.
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- 1 volume (143 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 145; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-143; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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