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1. 'Reports from Lieutenant-General Sir P. H. N. Lake, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Commanding I.E.F. "D", on Operations against Arab Tribesmen on the Euphrates Line, January and February 1916'
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- Abstract: This report, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla: Government Central Press, 1916), consists of a letter (No. 168-18-O) from Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, General Officer Commanding, Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, dated 4 March 1916.It encloses three reports:Report A deals with an engagement during a reconnaissance between Butaniyah and Suwaij on 14 January 1916 (ff. 2v-3);Report B describes a rearguard action when the column was heavily attacked on 7 February 1916, on the occasion of the withdrawal from Nasiriyah [al-Nāṣirīyah] (ff. 5v-8);Report C gives an account of punitive operations undertaken by Brigadier-General H T Brooking on 9 February 1916 (f. 9).These reports give tables listing tribes, casualties and expenditure of small arm ammunition involved in various actions. The front cover is marked 'Confidential'. In addition, there are two maps (folios 10-11): 'Sketch Map of the Retirement from Butaniyeh Camp to Nasiriyah' and 'To Accompany Report on Operations Against Arab Tribesmen on Euphrates Line'.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 (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916'
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- Abstract: This volume is a 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916' published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: 1916). The report concerns the siege of Kūt and consists of a copy of a letter (No. 168-15-O), dated July 1916, from Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla (folio 2r), submitting a despatch (No. 15-10-A), dated 10 March 1916, from Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Commanding, 6th Indian Division, to the General Officer Commanding, Indian Expenditionary Force D (folios 2v-8r), including appendices (folios 8v-21). The report is marked 'Confidential' on the front cover (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: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
3. 'Order of Battle Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 1- 3-20 with correction slips'
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- Abstract: Memoranda issued by General Officer Commanding/General Headquarters, Mesopotamia (all duplicated to Commander-in-Chief, India), to the War Office, listing the detailed corrections to be inserted into the Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, covering the period 9 October 1920-29 November 1921.Note: there is one memorandum from General Headquarters, Baghdad, to the War Office, dated 10 August 1920. From 17 October 1921 onwards memoranda are from General Headquarters, Iraq, to the War Office.File also contains, three printed official Order of Battle booklets:‘Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. Corrected to 7th January, 1919’, dated 7 January 1919‘Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. 1st October 1919', dated 1 October 1919. Heavily annotated with manuscript corrections and updates in black ink‘Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. 1st March 1920’ (in manuscript) ‘Corrected up to 11th June 1920’, dated 29 February 1920. Heavily annotated with manuscript corrections and updates in black and red ink and pencil and one typescript page inserted at the front listing British and Indian troops with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 1 March 1920.Order of Battle booklets cover, with some variations, General Headquarters and troop organisation; organisation in detail (Army troops, Cavalry, Indian Army Corps); Divisions and Brigades; Lines of Communication – defences and administrative units (including river areas); distribution of artillery; index to Army Corps, divisions and brigades; and index to units (including medical units, ordnance, veterinary services, supply and transport, engineers, signal service, air service, artillery, machine gun corps, infantry).The file documents detail the complete military establishment, movements and organizstion in Mesopotamia and developments over the period January 1919-November 1921.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; 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 file also contains multiple original printed pagination sequences.
4. 'Shipping and congestion of stores at Basrah'
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- Abstract: Correspondence relating to details of shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah for the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, published by the Quarter Master General, Simlah, in 1916. The information is divided into two sections: shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah and is annotated with relevant 'serial numbers'.An appendix includes twenty five telegrams relating to the logistics of moving troops and supplies (such as hay, bhoosa, wood, rice, fuel) from India to Basrah under different weather conditions. The correspondents in these telegrams include: the Inspector General of Communications, Basrah; Quartermaster-General in India, Simla; Chief of the General Staff, Simla.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 volume also contains an original typed pagination sequence.
5. 'Addtl Cavalry Bgde for Force D'
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- Abstract: This file is comprised of correspondence concerning the provision of an additional Brigade for Force D in Mesopotamia. Issues discussed include: equipment to be supplied; maintaining military strength on the North West Frontier of India (folio 45); date of dispatch; and inclusion of horse artillery.The correspondents include the Commander-in-Chief, India; the War Office, London; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; and the Director of Ordnance Services, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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 in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon and pencil.
6. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 1. September 26th, 1914 to October 17th, 1914.’
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- Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D between 26 September 1914 and 17 October 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: correspondence; telegrams; reports; orders; despatches; and instructions.A summary of the contents of this volume is pasted on the leading flyleaf, under the subtitle ‘Preparations’:Warnings about the likelihood of Turkey [Ottoman Empire] entering the warThe decision to send a force to the GulfPreparation to send the 6th division to the Gulf, and a discussion over where it should landThe collection of the 16th brigade at Bombay [Mumbai] and Karachi, and their sailing to the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 58; these numbers are printed, and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Dimensions: 21x33cm
7. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 4. (November 26th to December 9th, 1914).’
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- Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D between 26 November and 9 December 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: correspondence; telegrams; reports; orders; despatches; and instructions.A summary of the contents of this volume is pasted on the leading flyleaf, under the subtitle ‘Advance to Qurneh [Al Qurnah]’:‘Reconnaissance to Qurneh’‘17th Brigade disembarked completed 6th December’‘Sanction of Secretary of State to occupation of Qurneh sent to Force D’‘Telegraphic communication completed to Basrah’ ‘Force landed below Qurneh’‘Action as [at] Mazaira’ah [Al Muzayra‘ah, also written as Muzaira’ah, as quoted below]’‘Camels of Force “D” ordered back to India’‘2nd Action at Muzaira’ah’‘3rd Action at Muzaira’ah’‘Occupation of Qurneh’‘Surrender of Turkish [Ottoman] Troops’.The file also contains mentions of the reluctance of some of the Muslim soldiers to fight in a country containing sacred sites.A summary of contents for the previous volumes is pasted on the inside front cover.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 45; these numbers are printed, and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Dimensions: 21x33cm
8. 'Correspondence relating primarily to individual Forces, and not (with some exceptions) of general interest. Force 'D' '
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- Abstract: This file is labelled as the 'September 1918 Supplement to Volume III' (Volume III was issued in May 1917), and contains copies of correspondence relating to military expenditure and Basra administration by Expeditionary Force D. A contents page at the front of the file (folios 202-204) details the date, sender, recipient and subject of each letter. The correspondence is then arranged chronologically within two categories: 'Military Expenditure' (folios 205-215) and 'Basra Administration' (folios 215-221.) The most frequent correspondents in the file are the India Office, the War Office, the Controller of War Accounts and the Viceroy.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 201, and terminates at f 221, 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.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
9. File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (1)'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the period February 1916 to August 1919 covering topics such as criminal procedure regulations, proclamations and notices, and financial department circulars. The papers notably cover and include the following:Agricultural developmentReports of political officersReports on some of the tribes in Arab and Kurdish areas of Mesopotamia.Notable items include the following:‘Baghdad Criminal Procedure Regulations’, a law promulgated by William Rayne Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (ff 692-722)‘NOTE ON LAND LAW’ by H F Forbes, President, Baghdad Civil Court, (ff 689-690)‘Civil Department Orders’ issued by the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 487-501)Guidance on the transliteration of Arabic into English (ff 475-477)Notes on kelek, a form of river transport (ff 469-474)Report on an expedition from Hamadan to Kavind [Qazvin] via Sennah [Sanandaj] by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell‘Notification on the taking and reproduction of photographs, 1917-1918’, comprising rules on the restrictions relating to the taking and reproducing of photographs. Issued by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Civil Commissioner (ff 452-453)‘NOTE ON WHEAT EXPERIMENTS, MESOPOTAMIA, 1917-1918’ by Colin Campbell Garbett. Printed report on wheat experiments conducted in Mesopotamia with foreword by G Evans, Director of Agriculture, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 419-429)A letter from the Director of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, forwarding three copies of Southern Nejd: journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918by Harry St John Bridger Philby (copies not included in volume) (f 328)Monthly reports of Political Officers, Baghdad Vilayet, November 1918 (ff 251-297)‘Proclamations and notices relating to the civil administration and inhabitants of the Baghdad Vilayet, 22 December 1916 to 1 July 1918’, compiled by the Office of the Civil CommissionerPolitical Office Diaries, July-August 1918 covering Badra [Badra], Hai [Al Hay], Kut [Al-Kut], Zobair [Az Zubayr], Suq esh-Sheyukh [Suq Al-Shuyukh], Nasiriyeh [Nasiriya], Shattra [Al-Shatra], Qilat Sikar [Qalat Sukkar] (ff 92-297)‘Administration Report on the Muntafik [Muntafiq] Division for 1918’ by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (ff 93-244).Correspondents include: Chief of the General Staff, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force; Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; Officiating Civil Commissioner (Arnold Talbot Wilson); Officer In Charge, Iraq Section, Arab Bureau (Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi; Political Secretary, India Office, London.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 741; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
10. File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notifications from the British occupation forces, descriptions of rivers, agriculture and land revenue, and tribes.The papers notably include the following:Monthly reports of political officers in IraqBritish occupation forces proclamations and notifications on a wide range of topicsGeneral circulars of the British occupation forces.Notable items include the following:Extracts from the German Official Handbookon Mesopotamia published in Berlin, October 1917 (ff 650-660)English translations of Turkish [Ottoman] laws (ff 594-602)Notification (in English and Arabic) of the 1919 Baghdad Penal CodeMonthly reports of political officers of the Occupied Territories, January 1919Statements in Arabic from various communities containing their views on self-determination (ff 462-485)A compilation of proclamations and notices relating to civil administration and the inhabitants of the Baghdad Wilayet [Vilayet], 22 December 1916-31 December 1918, Office of the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (ff 410-460)Notes on the characters of tribes (and their shaikhs) of the Qalat Sikar [ Qalʻat Sukkar] District, 1919 (ff 388-391)Notes on Kurdish tribes (located on and beyond the borders of the Mosul Vilayet and westwards to the Euphrates) compiled in the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, July 1919 (ff 195-228)Handbook entitled Tapu (Turkish ‘title deed’ or ‘proof of ownership’ certificate) Office Procedure in dealing with mülk (a form of Ottoman land tenure similar to freehold or private land)Western affluents of the Euphrates River and Wadi Hauran (ff 77-88).Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, Baghdad; High Commissioner, Cairo; HM Minister, Tehran; Controller of War Accounts, Simla; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Karachi; Embarkation Commandant, Civil Administration, Mesopotamia Branch, Bombay [Mumbai].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 663; 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, intermittent foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-660; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
11. File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in specific regions and relevant tribal leaders, and includes descriptions of irrigation channels and their water flow rates, as well as geographical assessments for British occupation. The papers notably include the following:An index to the diaries of political officers of the Occupied Territories, as well as monthly reports of political officers in IraqBritish occupation forces proclamations, notifications (some in Arabic) and administration reports on a wide range of topics including: midwives; Inland Waters Shipping (Mesopotamia) Amendment; water flows in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers; the Mesopotamian spring harvest; Baghdad reformatory and civil jails; Government press; and districts such as the Emirate of Arabistan.General circulars (November-December 1919) issued by the Civil Administration of Iraq.Notable items include the following:‘Note on Nomad Arab Tribes’ by Major J I Eadie (ff 2-3)‘Note on tribes and shaikhs of Anah-Albu Kamal district’ [Anah, Iraq; Albu Kamal, Syria] by Captain Charles C Mylles, Assistant Political Officer, Anah-Albu Kamal. Includes an English/Arabic table giving details of tribes (ff 5-7)Report on the Tapu Department for 1919 (ff 11-16)Table on the ruling Al Rashid family of ShammarAn article from The Times Educational Supplement, 1 July 1922, ‘The Baghdad Reformatory’ (folio 187)‘Kurdistan: Rowanduz Affairs’, a printed note by Major William Rupert Hay, Political Officer, Erbil'Note on the Tribes and Shaikhs of Shatrah [Ash-Shaṭrah] district' by Captain C S J Berkeley (ff 330-333)‘Short history of Shatrah Tribes’ by Captain Bertram Sidney Thomas, Assistant Political Officer, Shatrah [Ash-Shatrah], published 1 September 1919 (ff 335-366)‘Note of the results of anti-plague inoculation in Baghdad during the epidemic of 1919’ by the Medical Officer, Baghdad (ff 354-358)Statistical information relating to the labouring workforce in the area under British occupation (f 487).Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; and General Headquarters, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 487; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional pagination sequences are also present. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
12. File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period of June-August 1920. Topics covered include political developments in specific regions and the leading figures and family relationships in tribes. The papers notably include the following:An index to the diaries of Political Officers of the Occupied TerritoriesMonthly reports of political officers in Mesopotamia. The monthly reports cover such topics as meteorological conditions, irrigation, revenue, tribes, frontier questions, law and order and municipal worksBritish occupation forces’ proclamations, notifications (some in Arabic) and administration reports on a wide range of topics including motor vehicle registration and statistics on birth and death ratesGeneral circulars issued by the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia, June-August 1920.Notable items include the following:Report of the Rowanduz [Rawandiz] District for the year 1919 (ff 5-12). This report includes a map on folio 12Index to monthly reports of Political Officers for April and June 1920 (ff 14-15)Birth and death rate statistics, June 1920 (ff 27-37)Progress report of the Political Officer, Diyalah [Diyala] division, June 1920‘The Police Proclamation, 1920’ issued by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia (ff 448-483)‘The Motor-Vehicle Vehicle Registration Proclamation, 1919’ by the Officiating General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia (ff 463-467).Correspondents include: Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); Under-Secretary for State for India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; General Headquarters, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 874; 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 foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-871 and ff 112-140; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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