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File 469/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs' [‎213r] (437/535)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 10 May 1915-9 Jul 1920. 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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It would seem certain mules were utilized to carry to Hamadanarms, etc.,
mentioned in my immediately preceding telegram and if this is so Govern
ment had already connived at this move.
German Minister has left his Legation and lives in house adjoining
United States Legation.
To-day attitude of Minister was entirely unsatisfactory and (?) I think
troops should without delay move nearer to Tehran.
Sent to India, Petrograd, addressed to Poreign Office.
36
Telegram P., No/84-D. S., dated the 11th November 1915.
p rom The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
Your telegram 145, November 3rd. All arrangements for disposition
of his force are being made by Officer Commanding, JNasratabad, in order to
circumvent any attempt by Germans to break through between Kain and
Neh.
37
Telegram P., No. 283-C , dated (and received) the 12th November 1915.
From His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
I have received the following telegram No 215, from Consul, Kerman :—
Begins. Jehind has Icollected Baluchis near Began with a view to Co-operat-
i n g w ith Germans going to Afghanistan. Could you not create a diversion
in the Sarhad ? Ends.
38
Telegram P., No. 284-C., dated the 11th (received 12th) November 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed to Kerman.)
Please refer to your telegram 245 of the 8th November. I fail to under
stand the advantage of diversion suggested. The Germans it appears are making
for Afghanistan in two parties from Nain and Kerman respectively and I
suspect that they may have with them northern party and a wireless apparatus
brought from Baghdad via Ispahan.
They cannot with tribesmen alone make much impression against either
Kacha or Sistan and to weaken our line between Kain and Sistan would seem
to be play(ing) (the) German game. I have an idea that the most important
party of enemy will come through Naiband and the lesser party will make
for Neh. They will probably try to amalgamate eventually, in which case the
northern party will I think pass south of Birjand. Our Sistan and Birjand
detachments have a most difficult task to intercept these two parties owing to
the fact that the Germans travel so fast and that it is almost^ impossible to
get adequate notice of movement of the more northern parties. Wh rely
chiefly as regards lesser party upon news through you from Bavar and Khabis
but we have also got scouts at Deh Salm and are sending others to Khabis^
Until he is joined by some Germans with machine guns, Jehind cannot, I
think, help our enemies beyond wrecking telegraph line and office(s) at Dehaneh
Baghit and Bam. - - ~ -- —-

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The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and 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. minute papers, mostly relating to the situation in the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] territory in Persia [Iran], during the First World War. It includes papers concerning British negotiations with the Bakhtiari khans, and the agreement of February 1917 signed by Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister to Iran, and the principal Bakhtiari khans.

The file also includes papers which relate to relations between the Bakhtiaris and the Russians in Persia, and the payment of £2,500 made to the Bakhtiari khans in December 1915 by Dr Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in connection with the agreement concluded by Young with the Bakhtiari Sardars.

The main correspondents include: the 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Chief Political Officer, Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; HM Minister, Tehran; HM Consul, Kerman; HM Consul, Sistan and Kain; and 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. .

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (260 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 469 (Persia: Bakhtiari affairs) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/652-653. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 260; 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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