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*Articles by Amitav Ghosh: "Shared Sorrows: Indians and Armenians in the prison camps of Ras al-‘Ain, 1916-18". It is based on an account written by an  Indian member of the Bengal Ambulance Corps (BAC), who became a prisoner after the fall of Kut. and ended up in the prison camps of Ras al-'Ain, in northern Syria, in 1916.  “The reason the story has survived is that one of the Indian prisoners happened to write about about his war experiences  forty years later. His name was Sisir Sarbadhikari and his book Abhi Le Baghdad (or On To Baghdad) appeared in 1958”  It is in 18 parts, in reverse order, consisting of two pages. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2 this page] for part 1. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23 this page] to continue. ( archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509003716/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2  1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040810/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23  2])  The earlier part of the memoir, from joining up in Calcutta to the fall of Kut is described in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=12 "On to Baghdad"].  Scroll to the bottom of the page for part 1
*Articles by Amitav Ghosh: "Shared Sorrows: Indians and Armenians in the prison camps of Ras al-‘Ain, 1916-18". It is based on an account written by an  Indian member of the Bengal Ambulance Corps (BAC), who became a prisoner after the fall of Kut. and ended up in the prison camps of Ras al-'Ain, in northern Syria, in 1916.  “The reason the story has survived is that one of the Indian prisoners happened to write about about his war experiences  forty years later. His name was Sisir Sarbadhikari and his book Abhi Le Baghdad (or On To Baghdad) appeared in 1958”  It is in 18 parts, in reverse order, consisting of two pages. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2 this page] for part 1. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23 this page] to continue. ( archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509003716/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2  1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040810/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23  2])  The earlier part of the memoir, from joining up in Calcutta to the fall of Kut is described in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=12 "On to Baghdad"].  Scroll to the bottom of the page for part 1
*Accounts by  Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji , a member of the Indian Medical Service, originally written in Bengali. After the fall of Kut he was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp at Ras al-‘Ain, Syria where he died in 1917. He  was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.  His accounts, in Bengali, are available online, refer below. Some excerpts have been translated into English by Amitav Ghosh. Scroll down to the entry [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201207 The ‘Home and the World’ in Iraq 1915-17: Part 1] to commence. For the final posts,  [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201208 scroll down to the bottom three posts]. Written July- August 2012 amitavghosh.com (retrieved 10 May 2014).  
*Accounts by  Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji , a member of the Indian Medical Service, originally written in Bengali. After the fall of Kut he was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp at Ras al-‘Ain, Syria where he died in 1917. He  was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.  His accounts, in Bengali, are available online, refer below. Some excerpts have been translated into English by Amitav Ghosh. Scroll down to the entry [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201207 The ‘Home and the World’ in Iraq 1915-17: Part 1] to commence. For the final posts,  [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201208 scroll down to the bottom three posts]. Written July- August 2012 amitavghosh.com (retrieved 10 May 2014).  
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com. This book may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (the author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan') where the Introduction is in English.
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com. This book may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website, refer Historical books online below.
*[http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought to India and Burma, with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images.
*[http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought to India and Burma, with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images.
*[http://www.turkishreview.org/tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemetery] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013. Holds the graves of some 400 soldiers from what are now the Commonwealth realms who died in Turkey, mostly as POWs, in World War I.  
*[http://www.turkishreview.org/tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemetery] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013. Holds the graves of some 400 soldiers from what are now the Commonwealth realms who died in Turkey, mostly as POWs, in World War I.  
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*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284792 ''When’s When In Mesopotamia''] by  General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Conversion tables  showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284792 ''When’s When In Mesopotamia''] by  General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Conversion tables  showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284503 ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia''] by John Van Ess, first published 1917. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284503 ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia''] by John Van Ess, first published 1917. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''Kalyan Pradeep: Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukhopadhadhaya, I.M.S.-er Jiboni'', by Mokkhoda ['Mokshada'] Debi (1928) [''Kalyan Pradeep: The Life of Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I.M.S.''] in Bengali may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The catalogue entry is ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by  Mokshada  Debi  There are two book files, barcodes 4990010096042 and 4990010212325.
*''Kalyan Pradeep: Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukhopadhadhaya, I.M.S.-er Jiboni'', by Mokkhoda ['Mokshada'] Debi (1928) [''Kalyan Pradeep: The Life of Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I.M.S.''] in Bengali may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The catalogue entry is ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by  Mokshada  Debi  There are two book files, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/477826 Pdf download 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/336494 Pdf download 2].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939.  ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye.  Marathi language with an English Introduction. The author was in the Indian Medical Service IMS,  1918-1921. As part of the 87th Punjabis, he saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 12:58, 29 March 2016

Mesopotamia Campaign
6 November 1914-14 November 1918
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Mesopotamia
Combatants:
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Result:

Armistice of Mudros
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

Medals:
The 1914-15 Star
The British War Medal 1914-18
Links:
Category: Mesopotamia Campaign
See our interactive map of
Mesopotamia Campaign
locations and routes on Google Maps
Mesopotamia 1917 Assistant Surgeon G E Ferguson, IMD

This event is part of the First World War

Synopsis

The Mesopotamia Campaign was fought from November 1914 to November 1918 between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire.

However the country actually remained a theatre of warfare until a peace treaty was ratified in 1924. Large numbers of troops from India were sent to deal with a revolt in 1920[1]

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Biographies

Details of some of the protagonists in the campaign

Also see

British Library holdings

  • British Library Catalogue Link
  • An account of the operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia, December 1917 to December 1918, with the names of all the units which served with the division and a nominal roll of all the officers by Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston 1919.
  • Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932 in ten volumes (5, 500 pages): Contents: 1. 1914-1918 -- 2. 1918 -- 3-4. 1919 -- 5-6. 1920 -- 7. 1920-1924 -- 8. 1925-1927 -- 9. 1928-1930 -- 10. 1931-1932, with contents outline[2]

Volunteer Regiments

FIBIS resources

  • "Trumpeter Inwood, an Anglo-Indian hero of the Kut Garrison" by Rosemary Reardon FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014) pages 18-29. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.

Wounded and sick soldiers

Wounded and other ill soldiers from Mesopotamia were returned to India for treatment and convalescence. Some of these sadly became part of the group of soldiers who died in India.[3]

External links

Historical books online

  • History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927.
The titles are Volume I: Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia, published 1923; Volume II: April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara, published 1924; Volume III: April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad, published 1926; Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice, published 1927
Hathi Trust Digital Library editions
Volume I

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume II

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume III

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume IV

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Chronological Summary of the Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Volume II is also available on Archive.org Volume II, Contents,Index
Links to pdfs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV Digital Library of India.
Appendices To The Report Of The Commission For Medical Arrangements In Mesopotamia Vol-II (July 1916). Link to a pdf download. Digital Library of India
"The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia" page 23 The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917 Archive.org.
Loyalties: Mesopotamia; a personal and historical record, Volume II 1917-1920 by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also published under the title Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; a Clash of Loyalties.
Tales of Turkey by Major E W C Sandes 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932
  3. Khyber Pass 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015
  4. The dates of the entries are in the top LH corner of the Home webpage. The entries from the journal are in the format http://www.mespot.co.uk/journal/ab.cd.ef.shtml , where, for a particular entry, ab is the year, cd is the month, ef is the first mentioned day in the month (all two digits). For archive.org diary entries, scroll down to URLs containing the word journal.
  5. PassTHE knowledge by Akhi Soufyan
  6. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)