'Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 2'

Title:

'Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 2'

Date:

1920/1920

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. Specific topics discussed include: military units deployed; actions of insurgents such as telegraph wires cut and telegraph poles removed; contacts with besieged garrisons.Correspondence also discusses use of aeroplanes to target insurgents in, for example, Samawah [As-Samāwah] and retaliation of tribes on two pilots forced to land (folio 56); also covered are experimental designs for a tank suitable for desert conditions (folio 119).The file includes two printed reports:'Mesopotamia: Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest. Report No. II' (ff 41-45), prepared by Major Bray, Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia'Mesopotamia: Causes of Unrest. Report No. II' (ff 12-20), prepared by Major Bray, Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia.Correspondents include GHQ Mesopotamia; the War Office, London; the High Commissioner for Iraq; and the Special Intelligence Officer, Mesopotamia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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 present between ff 3-223; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military occupation
Military administration

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Samawah

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002fa_ar
81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002fa_en
IOR/L/MIL/5/800
IOR/L/MIL/5/800

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