Abstract: The file details the situation in Turkey as of 15 March 1920, and presents the potential consequences, for both the Turks and the Allies, of presenting Turkey with a peace treaty which is too severe. It is Written by the General Staff, War Office. It is broken down into two parts and 4 appendices as follows:'Part I – Information';'Part II – Operations';'Appendix A' – Table of Allied units and strength broken down by nation and location;'Appendix B' – Table of present personnel and equipment of the Armenian army;'Appendix C' – Table of the location of the Turkish army and armaments officially reported by the Turks;'Appendix D' – Report recording the impressions of a British lieutenant-colonel who, during December and January, 1919-20, made a tour of the Turkish side of the Greek Line around Smyrna.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: A confidential report on Central Asia, compiled by Captain H H Dowding, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.Contained within the report are chapters on the history, geography, administration, communications, resources, ethnography, and military of the region. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 3), appendices (folios 63-78), including detailed information on the railways of the region, and a colour map of Central Asia (folio 81).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 81; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 34a.
Abstract: A confidential report on Persia, compiled by Major A D Geddes, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.Contained within the report are chapters on the history, ethnography, geography, ports and harbours, communications, trade and resources, military, and administration of Persia. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 4), a glossary of geographical and topographical terms (folios 8-9), appendices (folios 58-60), and a colour map of Persia and Afghanistan (folio 64).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Map of south-eastern Europe (Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria) affected by the Treaty of Lausanne. The map indicates coastline, hydrology, and human settlements. Also marked on the map are: the Turkish frontier (solid red line); the demilitarised zone in Thrace (blue crosshatch); the demilitarised zones and islands as defined by article 4 of the Convention of the Straits (red crosshatch); the southern frontier of Bulgaria, as established by the Treaty of Neuilly (solid purple line). The Gallipoli peninsula is shown in an inset in the top right corner of the main map.The map was prepared by the War Office in February 1923.Physical description: Dimensions:580 x 430 mm, on sheet 660 x 560 mm.Materials:coloured ink on paper.
Abstract: This printed memorandum is a draft scheme prepared by the War Office concerning a reconsideration of Britain's intelligence service in the Middle East. The memorandum includes sections covering British intelligence operations in Constantinople, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Southern Arabia and Somaliland, the Mediterranean, the Malay Straits (due to their connection with Hadramaut [Ḥaḍramawt]), Muscat and Zanzibar, India, Persia, Europe, and London. The establishment of; 'Arbur' branches 'throughout the Mohammedan theatres with a branch in London' is proposed. An explanatory diagram accompanies the memorandum on folio 69. 'A map of the World: Spheres for Middle East Intelligence' which also accompanied the memorandum has been separated and filed as 'IOR: Maps W/LPS/18B.329 (i)'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 66, and terminates at folio 70, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Folio 35 is a map bearing the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1917' and the series designation 'G[eographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 2901.' Portrays hydrology, roads, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. The sheet bears the printed note 'International Boundaries as in July, 1914'. A 1921 full edition of this base map, including also relief, railways and ancient canals, is at Maps 46970.(44.) although lacks a GSGS designation, yet includes a set of accompanying notes published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1910, including details of compilation material.A thematic overprint in several colours portrays the geographical distribution of twenty different ethnographical groups. Eight proposed boundaries have been added in manuscript. Copies of this map, without the manuscript additions, are also filed at Maps 46990.(1.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2901.Folio 35a is an attached folio (227 x 181mm) in typescript and coloured ink that provides a key to the manuscript boundary additions on folio 35. It bears the signature block 'General Staff. War Office. 20.8.19.'Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 710 x 743mm, on sheet 785 x 912mm
Abstract: This report was prepared by the General Staff, War Office, 31 Aug 1918. It is a summary of the Hejaz revolt from outbreak in June 1916 to December 1918. Includes account of the attack on the Hejaz railway by Arab forces and T H Lawrence.Appendices on King Hussein; Ibn Saud; Ibn Rashid; the Jemal Pashas; Maurice's report; enemy political activity; Zionist movement; Turkish interposition between main British and Arab forces; Kuwait blockade; attitude of the northern Arabian tribes towards the Hejaz revolt; Fakhri Pasha at Medina; enemy casualties and Turkish troops.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The booklet also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This printed memorandum is a report prepared by the General Staff, War Office, dated 31 Aug 1918. It is a summary of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] Revolt (commonly referred to as the Arabic Revolt) in the context of the First World War, covering the period June 1916 to December 1918. The memorandum is marked 'Secret' and 'This Document is the Property of H.B.M. Government' (folio 75).The summary contains an index (folio 76) with the following chronological sections: 'Narrative of events from June 1916 to December 1916'; ''Narrative of events from January 1917 to November 1917'; 'Narrative of events of December 1917 and summary of the situation at the end of 1917'; 'Narrative of events during January and February 1918'; 'Narrative of events during March and April 1918'; 'Narrative of events during April and May 1918'; 'Narrative of events during June 1918'; 'Narrative of events during July 1918'; and 'Narrative of events during August 1918 and summary of the situation up till the end of August 1918'.There is also a list of appendices on the same folio which includes: 'A: King Hussein' [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; 'B: Ibn Saud' [Ābd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]; 'C: Ibn Rashid' [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Rashīd]; 'D: The Jemal Pasha' [Aḥmad Jamāl Bāshā]; 'E: Maurice's Report'; 'F: Enemy political activity'; 'G: Zionist movement'; 'H: Turkish interposition between main British and Arab forces'; 'K: Koweit [Kuwait] blocked'; 'L: Attitude of Norther Arabian tribes towards Hejaz revolt'; 'M: Fakhri Pasha [Fakhrī Bāshā or Fakhr al-Dīn Bāshā] at Medina'; 'N and O: Enemy casualties and Turkish troops'. A map is noted below the list of appendices but is not present.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f.75. and terminates at f.89, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff.11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Correspondence and papers concerning recruitment to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. The file was instigated by an enquiry from employees of the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, about joining the Reserve of Officers. The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency and Persian Gulf Residency about recruitment to the Reserves of Officers, and eighteen identical copies of a War Office leaflet entitled
The Reserves of Officers and how to join them, which contain information about the Reserves of Officers, and an application form (folios 8-43).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 44; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file consists of papers regarding an investigation by the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East relating to the employment of German nationals in oil installations, particularly by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited and Iraq Petroleum Company.It contains: notes from the War Office, Petroleum Department, and Secretary to the Sub-Committee; and agendas and minutes for Sub-Committee meetings on 20 December 1938 and 1 May 1939. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a draft report from the War Office Committee on Mesopotamia [Iraq], chaired by Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, Adjutant-General to the Forces. The report considers the establishment of an Imperial Mesopotamian Police or the raising of ‘troops for special permanent service’ to ensure the security of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia in the wake of the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. The report includes several War Office memoranda containing background information, plans for specific scenarios, and estimates for numbers of troops or military police required.A ‘Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia’ is attached to the report (folio 39) showing the distribution of British troops and military police in Mesopotamia [IOR/L/MIL/5/802, f 39].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.