File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
IOR/L/PS/10/612
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The record is made up of 1 volume (398 folios). It was created in 1916-1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17.
Topics discussed include:
- the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an attack on him (folio 312)
- an account of the escape of German and Austrian prisoners (folio 281)
- translations of letters from German prisoners transferred from Shiraz to Russia (ff 43-48) including a translation of Dr Zugmeyer's diary
- discussion of German and Russian activities in Persia
- tables, statistics and reports on troop numbers and weaponry, deployments, military engagements and casualties
- British relations with local chiefs and their dealings with the Germans and Russians
- transcripts of local newspaper articles on various topics including the Russian Revolution (folio 136v)
- discussion of money required to pay to tribes
- miscellaneous Army Department memoranda
- general reports on the political and military situation in Persia including the 'Bakhtiari country' (ff 320-321)
The file is mainly divided into sections on events by weekly date period. Correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; HBM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Marling); HBM Consul, Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]; HBM Consul, Shiraz; HM Consul-General, Meshed; HM Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, (David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer); HBM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Captain Edward Noel); HM Consul-General, Isfahan; General Officer Commanding, Sistan Field Force; The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz; the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles (Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes); Chief of the General Staff, Simla; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire; and the Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (398 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The subject 3360 (Persian Correspondence) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/612-614. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising 1 volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 400; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/612
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- P 3360 1916 Pt 1
- Date(s)
- 1916-1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- SoldiersMilitary affairsMilitary administration
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- SistanPersiaBushire
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- Sistan Field Force, General Officer CommandingGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentHM Ambassador to IranBritish Consul, ShirazSouth Persia RiflesChief of the General Staff, IndiaPolitical Resident, Persian GulfBritish Consul, KermanBritish Consul General, IsfahanBritish Vice-Consul, AhwazGerman Vice-Consul, Bushire
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- IOR/L/PS/10/612
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 106v:107r
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- Wassmuss, Wilhelm
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 76v:77v
- Author
- Nida-i-Haq
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- IOR/L/PS/10/612
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
- Pages
- 77v
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- Democratic Socialist Party
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
- Pages
- 107r:112v
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- Zugmayer, Dr Erich
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 121v
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- Zair Khidhar Tangistani
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 122v:123r
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- Farmanfarma, Prince Abdol-Hossein
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 124v:125r
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- Saiyid Husain Shah
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- 125r
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- Mir Muhammad Taqi
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 125v
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- ‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pasha
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 125v
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- Sani-ut-Taulia, Agha
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- 130r
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- Hassan Vosough od-Dowleh
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- 130v
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- Highmat-u-Doula
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 147r
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- Kawam-ul-Mulk
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- 147v
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- Shaikh Allak Hammadi
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- Islah
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 214v
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- Islah
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 215r
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- Tangistani, Hasan Khan Bin Ali Khan
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- Agha Muhammad Kuli xx Quli
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- 244v:245r
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- 245v:246r
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 301r:302r
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- Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah
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- 302r
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- Zair Khidhar Tangistani
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- Tangistani, Hasan Khan Bin Ali Khan
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- Khan, Sadar 'Ashair
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- 304r:305v
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- Shirazi, Mirza Mahmud
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- 310r:312v
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- Mirza Mahmud Yezdi
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- 313r
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- Darya Begi
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 321v:322r
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- Dr Sutoras
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- 322r
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- Brugmann
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- 322r:322v
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- Obeydullah
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- 323r:323v
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 327r
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- Kawam-ul-Mulk
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- 327r:327v
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- Khan, Sadar 'Ashair
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- 327v
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- Ghazanfar-us-Sultaneh of Borasjun
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- 340r:340v
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- Imperial German Army
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- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:76r, 78r:106r, 114r:121r, 122r, 123v:124r, 126r:129v, 131r:146v, 148v:178r, 179v:208v, 211r:214r, 216r:244r, 246v:300v, 306v:309v, 313v:321r, 324r:326v, 328r:339v, 341r:399v, back-i
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