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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [309r] (622/900)
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 Consular Diary, No. 28, for the week ending 13th July (received 9th
August) 1912,
The Repair of the Shrine,— Governor-General, and the Shrine officials, sth July,
attended in state to see His Highness lay three bricks with mortar, and thus start
the repairs. The whole ceremony seemed to be strangely out of place.
The Limits of the Bast. —The Persian Government is trying with the utmost 9th Jul 7*
tenacity to have the limits of the Bast restored. My colleague is still receiving
instructions on the subject.
The Gendarmerie Sowars. — M. Leleux is raising 250 sowars for the purposes ioth July,
of collecting the revenue. So far he has engaged fifty men, and, as they are not
being paid, they are deserting.
The Meshed Garrison. —The detachments of Kuchan and Bujnurd sowars have 11 th July-
deserted as they were not being paid. So far M. Leleux has showed no signs of
improving the financial position, which is one of chronic anarchy.
The Harvest. — The harvest is now reaped, and is considered to be extremely 12 th July,
good : but prices do not appear to have fallen.
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
State of Province. —My colleague has induced the Governor-General to recom
mend that 3,000 square yards of the Palace or Ark garden should be given or sold
to the Russians for a hospital. He is anxious to drive a road through the garden
to a point opposite the main gate of this Consulate. As this would be a serious
inconvenience, I am addressing Tehran on the subject.
There is apparently some truth in the report that my colleague by dint of
heavy bribery has been allowed to remain at Meshed for five months. This is
especially unfortunate as it is out of the question to have the friendly relations,
which it is so very important to maintain with an individual, who cannot be
truthful even on paper.
The Russian Cantonment. —The civil engineer, previously referred to, besides
examining the site purchased, was also seen to measure two vacant pieces of ground
inside the Ark quarter. On one of these M. Leleux was intending to construct a
wheat store : but my colleague has apparently vetoed this, although I have no
details. The man Askarofi, who purchased the site for the cantonment, has been
given a gold medal, as a reward for his services.
State of the Roads. —Much as usual.
Russian Troops. —There are the usual complaints regarding stealing fruit.
Among the complainants is the Afghan Agent, who owns a garden some ten miles
from Meshed. He states that every evening a body of soldiers rob his garden.
I am 4 trying to stop this.
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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.
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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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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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