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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 60. (From 1st to 31st July 1919.)’ [87r] (178/252)
The record is made up of 1 volume (124 folios). It was created in 10 May 1919-31 Jul 1919. 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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Special.
APPENDIX 97
(Dy. No. 64456)
Telegram R. ; No. 8167^ dated 21st July 1919.
(Despatched 8-30 p.m., received 11 a.m., 24th July 1919.)
(Received in War Section, 25th July 1919.)
;p roin —The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Baghdad,
To—India Office.
(Repeated Cairo, Constantinople, Tehran, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla, copy to G. O. C., Force “D,
Baghdad, who has seen before despatch.)
See General Baghdad telegram X.-7240, July 18th (Dy. No. 62172),
reporting the murder of two political officers, one British Sergeant and two
Indian telegraphists, at Amadia on evening of July 14th.
1. I visited Mosul yesterday to confer with General Officer Commanding,
Mosul, and Political Officer on political aspect of occurrence.
2. It is clear that outbreak was not connected with personalities of the
two murdered officers. Captain Willey had only just arrived there and was an
experienced and capable officer. Captain McDonald, who was in charge of
Gendarmes was a zealous and efficient officer who was always regarded as being
very popular with his men with whom he was on excellent terms. Both the
officers had returned that afternoon after a week’s tour in Eaikan district to
east of Amadia and had telegraphed that afternoon to Mosul that everything
was quiet.
3. The outbreak, as far as can be ascertained, has a definite anti-Christian
as well as anti-Government origin. Members of Christians in neighbourhood
have been murdered and many Christian villages have been piklaged.
4. A detachment of troops was originally sent to Amadia to facilitate repa
triation of Christans now at Baqubah, by restoring order in the district. It had
a useful effect in both directions, but was withdrawn with my concurrence last
month, when its position was unsatisfactory from a military point of view.
5. It seems fairly cffiar that these officers were killed by local gendarmes
at the instigation of local people and that nearly all the leading Muhammedan
notables are more or less concerned. It is too early yet to estimate probable
effect of event on Kurdish communities in other portions of Mosul Vilayet, but
there is every probability that; unless drastic punitive measures are undertaken
similar outbreaks will occur elsewhere.
6. The Kurds in this area have been treated with great forbearance and
generosity during the past eight months. Christian and Kurds alike have been
given considerable advances in cash and in kind to enable them to rehabilitate
themselves. The leading Muhammedans have been amnested for their past
misdeeds and every attempt made to patch up a reconciliation between them
and Christians.
The Kurd is notoriously treacherous and this is the latest example of his
national propensity.
Working copy (advance copy for information) to G. S. (M. 0. 1).
Copy to collection, G. S. (M. O. 3).
APPENDIX 98
(Dy. No. 64539)
Word code telegram No. 64539-Q. M. G.-l, dated 25th July 1919.
(Despatched 10-15 p.m., 25th July 1919.)
From—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla,
To—The Generd Officer Commanding, Baghdad
Your telegram Q.-3128, 23rd July (Dy. No. 63859), propose to begin send
ing families from 1st October your telegram A.-4873, 4th July (Dy. No.
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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 1 and 31 July 1919. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: telegrams, memoranda, and tables.
An index to the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-7.
The volume concerns:
- Supply of food, weaponry, construction materials, and other items to Force D
- Military personnel issues, including reinforcements, demobilisation, and travel and accommodation arrangements for families of soldiers
- Railway construction in Mesopotamia
- Intelligence concerning a planned ‘Pan-Islamic upheaval after Ramzan [Ramaḍān]’
- Discussion of the activities of the King-Crane Commission
- Discussion of propaganda produced by ‘Feisal’ [Fayṣal Al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] calling for the ‘complete Independence of Arabia’
- British censorship of telegrams, photographs, and newspapers
- Disposal of surplus weaponry by Force D
- Report on the conditions in South Kurdistan following the defeat and capture of ‘Sheikh Mahmud’ [Shaikh Maḥmūd Barzanjī]
- Financial administration of Mesopotamia
- Matters relating to the government of Mesopotamia, including: requests by Arab officers for a ‘purely national Civil Government in Mesopotamia’; British opposition to greater involvement of local populations in government; and the usefulness of Mesopotamia for British policy in the wider Middle East
- Assessment by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of the conditions in Basrah [Basra] and Nasiriyeh [Nasiriyah] (ff 54-55)
- Discussion of violence in Central Kurdistan, including: the killing of administrative officials by ‘local Gendarmerie’; reports of Kurds near Amadia [Amadiya] ‘attacking Christian villages’; and British preparations for ‘quietening the district’
- The appointment of Colonel William Nafew Haskell as the Allied High Commissioner in Armenia
- Events in Persia [Iran], including: the surrender of high profile rebels: the activities of Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribes; and British attempts to recruit Persian Kurds to fight ‘in case of incursion by Bolsheviks’.
The volume also contains:
- Weekly returns of sick and wounded for the weeks ending 24 May 1919 (ff 9-10), 31 May 1919 (ff 16-17), 7 June 1919 (ff 39-41), 14 June 1919 (ff 67-68), 21 June 1919 (ff 77-78), and 28 June 1919 (ff 92-94)
- Ration strength of Force D on 10 May 1919 (ff 36-38), 5 July 1919 (ff 43-44), 12 July 1919 (f 58), 19 July 1919 (f 81), and 26 July 1919 (f 109)
- Distribution of Force D including details of lines of communication, 1 July 1919 (ff 110-122).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (124 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; 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 3-122; 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.
Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
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