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Turkey: Prisoners, including: Four British subjects imprisoned at Constantinople...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/339
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 383/339
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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Turkey: Prisoners, including:
Four British subjects imprisoned at Constantinople in reprisal for arrest of Turks at Mitylene.
Pay of Ottoman prisoners in Malta.
Rank of Salih Zéki Bey, a prisoner of war interned in Egypt.
Non-payment of allowance to Lieutenant Colonel H O Parr while a prisoner of war.
Enquiry concerning Second Lieutenant Hassan Tahsine (or Rassim) Effendi bin Halil and Moustafa Effendi bin Zekesia, Turkish prisoners of war at Seidi-Becher, Alexandria.
Promotion of prisoners of war Lieutenant Edgar Granger and Captain F W B Wilson to officer rank.
Promotion of Acting Sub-Lieutenant Douglas M Branson, prisoner at Afion Kara Hissar.
Pay and treatment of Captain (Yuzbachi) Seid Hassan bin Effendi de Samra, a prisoner of war in Egypt.
Pay of Turkish prisoners of war of officer rank.
Customs duty on parcels for Turkish prisoners in Cyprus.
Exchange of registered letters between United Kingdom and Turkey.
Admission of parcels, free of duty, to British prisoners in Turkey.
Correspondence to and from British prisoners in Turkey.
Confiscation of educational books of British prisoners of war.
Enquiry concerning news from Lieutenant G R F Huddlestone, 22 Punjabis, at Kastamouni.
Treatment of Ottoman prisoners taken to Indo-China.
Request from Turkish Embassy that Turkish prisoners of war in Egypt are treated by Turkish doctors and that civil officials are repatriated.
Treatment of Turkish civilian officials.
Inspection of prisoner of war camps in India and Egypt by the Red Cross Society, including printed reports on their findings.
Daily allowance to certain civilian Turkish officials interned in India.
Complaints from Turkish prisoners at Seidi-Becher camp.
Conditions at the prisoner of war camp at Thayetmyo.
Request that Heinrich Gramberg, interned at Ahmednagar, be treated at a 'Sous-Lieutenant'.
Outbreak of cholera among Turkish prisoners of war.
Suicide of Corporal Rasim, Turkish prisoner at Thayetmyo.
Status of certain Turkish prisoners in Egypt and enquiry as to whether they should be treated as officers.
Alleged ill-treatment of Aly Chalo (or Callon) Oghlu at Liverpool and his repatriation.
Alleged ill-treatment of Turkish prisoners in British camps.
Request from Turkish Government that Turkish Muslims be allowed to practice their faith.
Deaths of three Turkish prisoners at Knockaloe: Ramadan Mohamed, H Kalid Ibrahim and Hossein Ali.
Report of the International Red Cross Society on the Turkish and other prisoners camps in India and Burma.
Number of Turkish subjects interned in the UK.
Distribution the Imams among the camps to assist the Muslims in practicing their religion.
Number of Turkish prisoners of war in British hands.
Protection of Turkish interests in Egypt.
Pay for Turkish prisoners of war.
Provision for the needs of Turkish women in Egypt for clothing etc.
Employment of Turkish prisoners on railways in India.
Request that Sub Lieutenant Ismail Hakki Oglou Halil Vahad Effendi, interned at Malta, may receive pay and treatment of an officer.
Number and treatment of Turkish prisoners in United Kingdom, including list of rations at Knockaloe and Douglas camps.
Treatment of Turkish civilian prisoners in United Kingdom.
Rank of certain Turkish prisoners at Thayetmyo.
Request for information concerning the exchange of civilian and combatant prisoners.
Employment of Turkish prisoners in coalmines in India.
Purchase of clothing for women and children in Egypt.
Message from Mr P W P Walker to Mr J Ames, Newmarket Road, Norwich.
Message from Mr J S Levack to Mrs J S Levack and Mr F W Parry, Managing Director of Stephen Lynch & Company, Common Street.
News of Mrs Arthur Whitley and Mrs Briant in Contantinople.
Code 1244 Files 4047-4886.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Files 4047-4886.
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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FO 383
Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from...
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