'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'

Title:

'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'

Date:

1914/1914

Description:

Abstract: The file consists of two maps (folios 2-3) of Lower Mesopotamia and a printed report, compiled at Army Headquarters and published by the General Staff, India (Simla), concerning a plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh [Muḥammarah/Khorramshahr] in the context of the British conflict with the Ottoman Empire in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The printed report consists of two sections: the first entitled 'Section I.-Information' (folios 4-5) and the second 'Plan of Operations for the Support of Muhammareh' (folios 6-7). The second section is printed on thinner paper and appears to be a possible later addition to the report. The front cover includes the title of the report, a note on secrecy and 'Rules for the custody and disposal of secret documents' (folio 1).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: Part of the file also has an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

First World War (1914-1918)
Military intelligence

Geographic region:

Khorramshahr
Mesopotamia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00019b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00019b_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87

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