Qatar Digital Archives

[Greg]

I came across the Qatar Digital Archives by accident . They have lots of digitised India Office and Government of India files  which seem to have made their way to Qatar through the Resident Some relate to First World War (and its aftermath)  matters 

The following for example relate to arms and the sale of First World War arms to Afghanistan

http://www.qdl.qa/en/search/site/arms?f[0]=document_source%3Aarchive_source&f[1]=cpf%3APolitical%20Resident&retain-filters=1

http://www.qdl.qa/en/search/site?page=3&f[0]=document_source%3Aarchive_source&f[1]=place%3AAfghanistan

 

Well worth a look 

Greg 

[MaureenE]

Currently, all the digitised material on the Qatar Digital Library is from the British Library

 

The following on Mesopotamia are linked on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Mesopotamia Campaign http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Mesopotamia_Campaign

Click on the coloured text in the following

• 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. This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as a pdf download. The British Library also holds two maps published in conjunction with the report.

 

The above are from the India Office Records Military Department Library IOR/L/MIL/17 Some of the component categories are  L/MIL/17/13 North-West Frontier, Baluchistan L/MIL/17/14 Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet L/MIL/17/15 Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf L/MIL/17/16 Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus. However, I cannot find a way to search by British Library reference, even though there is information on the website that this can be done.

 

Cheers

Maureen