Mesopotamia: online at Qatar Digital Library from India Office Records

[MaureenE]

With funding from Qatar, many of the documents from the India Office Records at the British Library relating to the Gulf Arab States and Iren have been digitized.

This link from the BBC is about the digitization project.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29702694

There are some documents relating to the Campaign in Mesopotamia

This is still a work in progress so there could be more to come relating to the Mesopotamia Campaign.. The remainder should be online by the end of the year.

I found it difficult to browse and see what is there, (so many results were shown) and in the end found some items using IOR catalogue categories.

The following records all have a reference starting with IOR/L/MIL which refers to the Military Department at the India Office. IOR /L/MIL/17 refers to the Military Department Library

(There was another Library called the Political and Secret Department Library IOR/L/PS/20 which perhaps may have some digitized items of relevance in the future)

• Qatar Digital Library Digitisation of content from the British Library’s India Office Records Collection. When looking at a book file, to select a particular page, click on “View all items”.
  • Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914 published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: 1916) IOR/L/MIL/17/15/88
  • 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 IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105
  • Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaignprinted by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916) IOR/L/MIL/17/15/76
  • Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I – Report Compiled by officers of the Staff College Quetta 1925 IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/1
  • Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia 1918. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/1. The British Library also holds two maps published in conjunction with the report.

The above have been copied from the FIBIS FibIwiki page Mesopotamia Campaign

http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Mesopotamia_Campaign

Cheers

Maureen

[bushfighter]

Shahbash Maureen. H.

[MartH]

Excellent!