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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [10r] (24/900)
The record is made up of 1 volume (448 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1911-27 Dec 1913. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
Meshed Diary No. 52 for the week ending the 27th December 1913 (received on
26th January 1914).
Arrival of Consul-General. — I arrived at Meshed, having been well received on 2 ist December
December 18th at Knchan, where I exchanged calls with the Governor and the 1913,
Karguzar. After lunch in the Zarkash garden I drove with Captain Thorburn,
Major Marsh, and the Attache Haji Muhammad Sharif, to the Kaim Makam's
garden, where I was received by the representatives of the Governor-General, the
various Heads of Departments and the Russian Consul-General, who had come out
to meet me. The istikbal ceremony was on an elaborate scale and is said to have
given umbrage to the Russians. From Kaim Makam’s garden I drove to the
Consulate-Geneal, through the city, accompanied by the istikbal procession.
Abdul Hamid, the Russian Attache, did not accompany me to the house, but left the
procession and returned to the Russian Consulate-General. At the Consulate-
General, the principal members of the istikbal procession were entertained at tea
and I afterwards received deputations which had been sent to enquire after my
health.
23rd
1913.
December
Settlement of Nishapur Bank Case. — On receiving charge of the Consulate- 22nd December
General from Captain Thorburn, I.M.S., I learnt that the balance due from Saiyid 1913 -
Hashim had been recovered. It has now been sent to the Imperial Bank of Persia
and this long-standing case, the settlement of which reflects great credit on Captain
Thorburn, is finally closed.
Revenue Department .—A complaint has been received regarding the oppressive
behaviour of Mirza Aga Khan, Revenue Collector of Mian Vilayat.
I called on the Governor-General.
It is said that the Russian Consulate-General has received instructions to
submit to Tehran daily telegraphic ^reports of what takes place in this Consulate
General.
The Russian Consulate-General has received from the Russian Legation in
Tehran permission to retain the services of Abdul Hamid until the arrival of a new
Attache from Tehran.
The Russian Vice-Consul is said to have complained to the Karguzar
of the scale on which my reception was organized and was informed that
the usual official arrangements were made and that whatever was done more
than this was due to the friendly feelings with which the British Consulate-General
is regarded.
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received and 24th
1913.
December
Ceremonial .—The Governor-General returned my visit and
returned calls from the Karguzar and the Deputy Governor.
Movements of the Russian The Governor-General has received infor- 25th December
mation by telegraph that the Governor-General of Tashkend has arrived at Russian 1!lli
Sarakhs.
A Russian Engineer has left Meshed for Kalat-i-Nadiri. ,
Four Russian soldiers left Meshed yesterday for Sabzawar, to escort a Ru^an y
officer thence to Tabas.
Ceremonial .—I received a visit from the acting Commander of the troops and 2 6th December
called on the Russian Consul-General, who received me courteously. In the 1913.
course of conversation he remarked on the scale on which my reception was organiz
ed and I thanked him for sending a representative and said that I was glad to nnd
that I had so many friends.
Arrival of Belgian Architect. —M. Cocriamont, the architect mentioned in
diarv No. 50, travelled to Meshed with me. He informed that he had been com
missioned to design a railway station for Meshed, but I learn that he is likely to be
sent to Sistan. He accompanied me at his own request as he knows no language
but French and Flemish, and would have been helpless alone.
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India, Foreign Secretarys
No M, dated
29 JAN 1914
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This volume contains copies of the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain.
The reports of the Military Attaché in Meshed are divided into the following sections: Communications, Telegraphs, Navigation, Ethnography, Administration, Geography, History, Military and Resources. The Consular diaries are less formulaic and more varied in content, but all contain a political summary.
On folio 344, the volume contains a copy of an illustration that depicts the bombardment of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad by Russian forces that took place in 1912. A translation of the Farsi poem that appears around the illustration is contained on folio 343.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened and the subject heading. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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- 1 volume (448 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The subject 52 (Persia Diaries) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/209-211.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 448; 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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