'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams'
- Date:
- 1914/1916
- Description:
- Abstract: The file consists of proofs for a proposed Mesopotamia Blue Book [a British Parliamentary official report concerning the Mesopotamian Campaign, 1914-18]. The papers consist of numbered transcribed paraphrased and unparaphrased official telegrams (particularly from the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, General Sir John Eccles Nixon, the Viceroy, and the Secretary of State for India) relating to military operations during the advance from Basra in 1915. The proofs were submitted to the Secretary of State for India, and include notes by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, India Office.The papers are enclosed an a folder inscribed: 'Military Department. Previous Papers' and labelled '2'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 94; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional typed mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 15-19 and ff 27-37.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918)
Reports
Telegrams - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002e2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002e2_en
IOR/L/MIL/5/776
IOR/L/MIL/5/776