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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [241v] (487/900)
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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hear from the Karez Agent that all the nomads, among whom the disease broke out,
have already fled and taken up their temporary abode in the Hashtadan Plain.
The Karez Agent reports that the report of plague at • Karez was fabricated by.
■ the Mirza of the Russian doctor and that his informant was the Mirza of the Russian
1 ' cwnmandant. He also states that only the families of the Gaudam section of the
aCuri which ate the poisoned camel, have died. I thought of sending our only
Sub-Assistant Surgeon to Karez, but he is ill just now.
v.intp nf the Roads.—The
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
of Bujnurd has reported that he has killed and
captured one hundred Turkoman and recovered 12,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle. He
has asked for a fresh supply of cartridges, etc.
The Turbat district is in a very bad way as the Governor is apparently in league
with the robbers.
Muhammad, the brigand, is apparently about to be placed in charge of the
Mesked-Nishapur road. The people have petitioned that the sowars who pursue
him are worse than he is himself.
Movements of Russian Troops.-My colleague informed me that two sotnias
’ of Cossacks were ready to march into Khorasan to take the place of two sotnias,
who would be sent to the infected area. Other movements are given in connection
with the plague campaign.
P. M. SYKES, Major,
His Majesty’s Consul-General..
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/209
- Title
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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