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File 1719/1912 'Persia: Russians in Meshed' [‎64r] (132/402)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (199 folios). It was created in 1912. 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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so that he could not enter. He then went round another way, and when he got inside
the hast was at once shot in the right elbow. He threw himself into a ditch, and
dragging himself along, got out another way.
, l 0 - Alla yer, age 25 Meshed, on his way out of the city was met by some Turks
outside the city wall, and was struck on the head by them with a sword." He was then
taken to the mosque, and finally released.
P 1 a n^f b fk Tl Hussail b a f e 23, from Ispahan on pilgrimage, was in the rooms at the
enhance to the sacied tomb chamber or mausoleum, when he received a piece of shell
captured* ^ 1COChet ^ He turned back iuto the sacred tomb chamber, where he was
17 { ^ ajl IIassan ’ a S' e 35, Arab from Bagdad, has been some years in Meshed as a
horse dealer. He was outside the bast in the Pain Khiaban, when he was shot through
the arm by a Maxim and both bones were broken. He had gone to buy meat.
18. Haji, age 18, beistan, is a goatherd, and was shot in the “ old court ” twice
re ion 1171 ^ t0 eSCaPe ±r0m RuSSian soldiers ’ wounded in the left arm and lumbar
• + i 19 p Jaf im Kl i' 11 ’ age 16, Meshed ’ is tlie son of a Russian subject. Walking home
in the Pain Khiaban, a common shell carried off his leg. His stump was amputated
and he is doing well. (Admitted April 3, 1912.) P am Putated,
t .1 • f 1 R t b ’ ^ ge 30 ’ Mesl 1 led > was selling handkerchiefs in the bazaar of the Pain
Khiaban, when he was caught in the crowd and shot by a Maxim in the knee.
21. Ah age 20 of Lirjand, is a butcher in the Pain Khiaban, and was shot on
attempting to leave for home. Wounded in the left ankle.
F n at ! mah A f T a1 ?’ age 1 55 ’ £r ° m Kerbela, arrived two months ago in Meshed.
She was shot m he leg by a shrapnel bullet in the “ old court,” breaking both bones
friends^ ^ ^ t0 dle m Meslied) aud ’ ref using amputation, died outside among
he wS shot’Se ^ “ for ^ ^ to see tlle “ tamasha .”
hcfnvp 4 ' TlI Juma i a t g ®, 35 ’ Berberi, on pilgrimage, came from Afghanistan three days
U ? le ;, P was shot throa g h ‘ he kl1 ^ joint, and admitted on ?he 3rd April 1919
av.th the leg gangrenous, and not having had food for three days. The W was
mputated near the hip, and he died from exhaustion on the 5th April, 1912. °
o. Mahmud Ah, age 45, Meshed, labourer, had gone to pray in the sacred tomb
SatTnT’H^ H ™ S , Sh0t '"P 6 left thigh P » Maxim fired through the sWer
April 3,’ 1M2.) dragged ° Ut and lm P nso ned. The knee was very painful. (Admitted
3( ’. Akbar, age 24, came on pilgrimage from Turbat ten days ago. He was shot
thiough the right shoulder and chest by a rifle-bullet in the “new court ”
TI „ jo f b ,‘ ar »i I, - aS,e 36 ,’ Wi ; s , on Pilgrimage from Kerman, and, in the “old court ”
(Alrn^d^’mlf th6 bulle ‘ P aS8iag Ae right°shoulder.
i ,i A Batimah, female, age 40, Meshed, had a bullet wound of the left shoulder -md
had been shot in the “ old court.” (Admitted April 8, 1912 ) shoulder, and
Anril 1912 J withA. 4 f’ Mea i led ’.- Wa u S ! :i0t *“ the nbrlomen, and admitted on the 2nd
pnl, 1912, with acute peritonitis, dying two hours after admission He had field
dressing on the wound, but his story was not demanded. leld_
. Hiissam age 20, bad a bullet wound of the left chest above the collar-hnnp
le was shot m the Pain Khiaban, and admitted April 5, 1912. ’
ol. Mahomed, age 66, from Urmia, has been a flower seller in Meshed for ovpi*
bPa n ikATliet ArouvhTT hlS ' U * he M ° Sq,,e of Gauhar Shad . when shot
April 11, 1912 ) gh he f0rearm ' He Was t0 ° weak t0 oome before. (Admitted
noted^a^ Au^tonneglerin S “P pul ’ ati “ g fr ° m lack of dressillg > « ce P‘ ^ six cases
in five oasis 8 P11SOn - GaD g re “ e occurred in four cases, and death
April 11, 1912.
G. WILSON, Captain,
Indian Medical Staff.

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Correspondence discusses Russian activities in Meshed including:

  • assessment of the Russian bombardment of a religious temple;
  • relationship with the Nakhai tribe;
  • complaints that the Russians were encouraging agitation to bring the back the ex-Shah which was unsettling the region.

Correspondents include: Sir George William Buchanan; Major Percy Molesworth Sykes, H B M Consul in Sistan, Captain J B Hunter; Acting Consul for Sistan and Kain.

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1 volume (199 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1719 (Persia) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; 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.

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