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'Russian Military Designs in Persia. A Strategical fragment' [3r] (5/16)
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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(D
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PREFACE.
T HE fragment which follows was secretly obtained from Russian sources in
Persia. It would appear to form part of a scheme drawn up by the
Unfortunately only this fragment of the scheme could be obtained, and we are
thus debarred from learning the intentions of the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
regarding such interesting
topics as Seistan and the great trunk railway to Chahbar. It is significant to
note, however, that the scheme appears to contemplate a Russian occupation,
not only of the Karun Basin, in which we are now pegging out very considerable
claims, but of places as far south as Bushire and Bandar Abbas which, for genera
tions past, have been peculiarly under British influence.
Russian General Staff for future military action in Persia.
The 27th May 1909.
Simla :
W. MALLESON, Colonel,
Assistant Quarter Master General,
Intelligence Branch*
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The file contains a preface outlining the context of the document, which appears to form part of a scheme drawn up by the Russian General Staff for future military action in Persia.
The fragment itself contains observations and conclusions for military operations in Persia including: selecting Kum [Qom] as the Base of Operations; and an assessment of the first, second and third line of operations in terms of route, supplies, resources, and inhabitants. Notes from the Intelligence Branch of the Government of India sit alongside the text.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (8 folios)
- Arrangement
This file consists of a single document.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the outside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/26
- Title
- 'Russian Military Designs in Persia. A Strategical fragment'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 7v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence