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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [72r] (148/900)
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.
India, Foreign Secretary’s
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No. fyj ci 1 S' (c H
| 16 OCT 1913
4b ii
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and Kain, No. 38, lor the week ending the 20th September (received on the
13th October) 1913.
14th September .—Mr. Hale of the Imperial Bank of Persia reached Birjand,
where he will open a new branch of the Bank. He will be subordinate to the
Meshed Branch, and he tells me that Sistan will be similarly subordinate.
15th September. —Hashmat-ul-Mulk started seriously on his journey north
wards on the 13th instant, and reached Chahak yesterday. His camel-sowars
from Sistan, to the number of 15, duly arrived, but I hear that he has sent back
all but 5 of them.
17th September .—Ibtihaj-us-Sultan, the new Director of Revenue for Birjand,
arrived from Meshed.
18th September. —Hissam-ud-Dowleh, following his son’s example, left Birjand
to-day for the village four miles away, where he will also await some guards from
Sistan. He refuses to go to Furk-Darmian, which is in Sunnikhana, but expresses
his intention of visiting first his estate at Julga San jab Rud, where he will supervise
the repaying of two karezes. He afterwards proposes to visit a shrine (near Sahl-
abad) about 72 miles south of Birjand.
The Karguzar was delighted at being entrusted with the duty of sending
Hissam-ud-Dowleh off, as he duly extracted a cash present before the old man’s
departure.
General.
Baluch Raids.—{a) The Sistan authorities have recovered 26 out of the
31 camels looted near Bandan by Alam Khel Brahuis, as reported in last week’s
Diary.
( 6 ) It is reported from Lutak that the Sistani Brahuis, Afzal and Tor Khan
(see Diaries Nos. 33 and 36) have safely returned to their homes at Lutak and
Muhammadabad. They are said to have brought 100 camels with them which
they promptly crossed over into Afghanistan.
(c) The Deputy-Governor, Sistan, having heard that a large number of
Brahuis were preparing to set out against Kainat, wrote to
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.
Purdil Khan
ordering him to prevent them. The result is that Nazar Jan s section have aban
doned the plan, but the others have all set off !
(d) From Neh it is reported by telegraph that a large band of Baluchis has
passed in the direction of Duroh in Sunni Khana. .The latter district though
often enough visited by Afghans, has never been raided by Baluchis before In
the circumstances, Hissam-ud-Dowleh’s strong objections to going to Furk are
significant.
F. B. PRIDEAUX, Major,
His Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
G. M. Press, Simla.— No. C. 425 F.
D _-l 4-10*1 3.-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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:342v, 345r:447v, back-i
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