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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [57r] (118/900)
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.
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Consular Diary of Major F. B. Prideaux, C.I.E., His Majesty’s Consul for Sistan
andKain, No. 42, for the week ending the 18th October (received on ihe
11th November) 1913.
15th October. —I gave a farewell “At Home” to the higher officials of Birjand
and the Russian Vice-Consul. In the course of the afternoon, the Sanad and Badge
of “Khan Sahib” were delivered to Mirza Muhammad Beg, Sub-Assistant Surgeon
in charge of the Birjand Dispensary. The title had been conferred on this officer
by the Government of India on the 1 st January 1913.
17th October. —I commenced the return journey to Sistan and marched to Mud
•—25 miles. The Naib-ul-Hukumeh met me a mile outside the village and rode in
with me.
18th October. —Marched from Mud to Salmabad— 25 miles. The Naib-ul-
Hukumeh, Telegraph Master and Post Master of Sarbisha all called upon me after
my arrival in camp.
General.
Baluch Raids. —With reference to entries in Diaries Nos. 38 (item d.) and 40
(item c.) it appears that the band who went north-east from Bandan only consisted
of 13 men. These after carrying off two flocks of sheep near Anjira were all cap
tured by surprise by the Bahluli owners, who massacred 12 of them and released the
thirteenth after cutting off his nose and ears and plucking out his beard, telling
him to inform
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jehind that they would similarly treat other raiders who
entered their country. On the 16th instant, a party of 170 Baluchis is said to
ha ve crossed the road between Lab-i-Bring and Bandan going north-eastwards to
exact revenge for this outrage. They met a telegraph linesman on the road and
toldhim that their only object was to punish the Bahlulis.
Revenue Department in Sistan. —Sardars Khudadad Khan and Purdil Khan
have both been visiting Sistan City during the week in connection with questions
concerning the Revenue Department. It was Purdil Khan’s turn this year to con
struct the Band-i-Kuhak, and he had done it so inefficiently that Khudadad Khan
had to construct it anew after a breach early in the season.
The Karguzar in Sistan. —At the entreaty of this official, Mirza Ishak Khan,
I telegraphed to His Majesty’s Legation recommending that the Revenue Depart
ment should forgive him. In reply I have been informed that the Persian Foreign
Office are not transferring the Mirza.
The Governing Family of Kainat and Sistan. —Shaukat-ul-Mulk has telegraphed
to his mother at Birjand that he is quite satisfied with his treatment in Tehran and
his “face has been made white”.
Hashmat-ul-Mulk, I hear from Meshed, has reached Nishapur.
F. B. PRIDEAUX, Major,
His Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
India, Foreign Secretary’s
No 46 M, dated
lb NOV 1913
G. M. Press, Simla—No. C-486 F. D.-13-11-13.-28.-E A,
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'
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