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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART II. (From 16th to 31st August 1917).’ [84r] (172/546)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1917-31 Aug 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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No. 59.
DIARY OF INFORMATION.
Dated 28 th July 1917 *
SUBJECTS*
1. Climate and Floods.
2. The Christians of Mesopotamia.
CLIMATE.
(Week ending 21st July 1917.)
Maximum temperature at Baghdad during the week occurred on 20th July 1917—122*8 .
Maximum temperature at Basrah during the week occurred on 18th July 1917—122-0^.
Minimum temperature at Baghdad during the week occurred on 21st July 1917 74^2
Minimum temperature at Basrah during the week occurred on 18th July 1917 74 0 .
The tremendous heat continues^ but the nights are comparatively cool.
FLOODS.
(Week ending 21st July 1917.)
Maximum Reading Baghdad Gauge during the week occurred on 15th July 1917
(Overflow 114*8).
Maximum Reading Amarah Gauge during the week occurred on 16th July 1917-
(Overflow 96-8).
The Gauge readings still show a fall.
THE CHRISTIANS OF MESOPOTAMIA.
The forms of Mesopotamian Christianity are many and Taried. In perhaps
no other country of the world hare they retained their original features um ^
paired by time, foreign invasion and internecine strife. I i P P
-95*78.
-92-68.
give a short sketch of the original development of the
Christianity in this country, then in a few words to compare J^ 8 -
Christianity was first introduced into what is now know n a P ,
by St. James and St. Thaddeus, the Apostles. They travelled over the South
Eastern area of Asia Minor, the North of Syria and turned South along the
vallevs of the Euphrates and Tigris, It has spread over the ^ortho E ypt,
over Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Gaul and even to the extreme North of Bri
tain. The successors of St. Peter at Rome had, as Heads of the Christ
Church, wielded an unchallenged sway under the aegis of the Roman Emperors.
In the IVth Century, under pressure of the invasions of Huns and Goths,
the Roman Emperor Constantine, at the partition of the noman Empire,
moved his Capital Eastwards to |Bysantmm the Roman Pontiff being left
behind at Rome. In those rude times, when the Tf 8
ling to its fall and communications few, dangerous and difficult, theHead ot the
State and the Head of the Church tended to drift apart Various Christian
peoples of the world had been organized, for purposes of ecclesiastical discipline,
under Patriarchs or Bishops, each nation or group of peoples being allowed to
retain subject to the sanction of the Pope, its own particular form of worship.
It was 3 during the reign of Constantine that the Patriarch of Con stan-
tinople, his power and influence having been increased by the presence of the
Emperor and the establishment of the Capital—claimed the utle of Ecumenica
Patriarch, that is. Universal Patriarch. Although he was not recognised as such
by the Emperor Constantine, subsequent Emperors, ever jealous of 1 apal supie-
macy and independence, were only too eager to seize the opportunity of
acquiring control over the Church by insisting on the claims of the Patriarch
of Constantinople, which were naturally contested by the Pope. Thus was
originated the greatest schism in Christianity before the Reformation.
g When East broke away from West the effect was tar-reaching, for it
meant that Christian struggle(d) with Christian ^^ .Snid this countrC
both Bv the Vllth Century it was too late, ^ot only did this country
become irrevocably Mobammadan, but the wave of Mohammadamsm, as is well
known, swept Westwards through’spain to the very heart of Prance. Eastern
Christianity had become a mass of broken and isolated remnants, and ail hopep
of i e-union became for ever extinct.
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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 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, reports, tables, and memoranda.
An index to the contents of this volume and a summary of the contents can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3282. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 19 August 1917 (ff 53-55), 26 August 1917 (ff 162-164)
- One diary of information dated 28 July 1917 (ff 84-86) covering climate, floods, and the Christians of Mesopotamia
- Reinforcements for Force D
- Movements of Turkish [Ottoman], Russian, and German troops and German officials, including General Erich von Falkenhayn
- Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
- Provision and movements of river craft
- Progress of railway constructions and future railway policy, including Turkish [Ottoman] railway construction
- The composition of the committee of enquiry into port congestion at Basrah [Basra]
- A scheme to stimulate cultivation by clearing the canals of the Euphrates area and providing advances of seed and cash
- Investigation of postal arrangements
- A fodder production scheme using local labourers
- A discussion of whether the French Consul at Basrah, Monsieur Roux, should be permitted to use a cipher and locked bag, and proceed beyond Basrah
- Trade between Basrah and Baghdad
- The appointment of Sir Percy Cox as Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia
- A proposal to terminate the agreement between HM Government and the Newspapers Proprietors’ Association employing Edmund Candler as Official Eyewitness
- A new Indian General Hospital
- The appointment of R G Garrow as recognised irrigation expert for Mesopotamia.
- Proposed co-operation with the Russians.
The following tables appear:
- Distribution of troops 29 July 1917 Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 8-12)
- Weekly return sick and wounded w/e 28 July 1917 (ff 23-24), 4 August 1917 (f 72)
- Ration strength of MEF 14 July 1917 (ff 26-29), 21 July 1917 (ff 102-105), 4 August (ff 136-138), 28 July 1917 (ff 181-184), 11 August (ff 199-201)
- State of supplies 18 August 1917 (ff 69-71 and 88-89), 25 August (ff 188-190 and 210-211)
- Distribution of the Turkish Army 21 August 1917 (ff 75-77), 28 August 1917 (ff 194-195)
- Strength return for IEF D 30 June 1917 (ff 118-135)
- Monthly distribution report of motor vehicles 1 July 1917 (ff 202-207).
The file also contains a ‘Report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf’ by Brigadier-General George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, dated 22 March 1917, including nine maps of the Shatt-el-Arab River, the port of Basra, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] bar, and the channel from Fao [Al-Faw] down the river.
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- 1 volume (260 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; 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 also present in parallel; these numbers are printed.
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