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File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [‎285v] (575/618)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (305 folios). It was created in 11 Aug 1915-17 Dec 1915. It was written in English. 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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Telegram T., No. 1226, dated the 14th (received 15th) June 1915.
j’rojn General Sir J. E. Nixon, K.C.B., General Officer Commanding,
I. E. F. “ D.” Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
The following is in continuation of my telegram, dated 13th June,
No. 1225.
Erom what I haye been able to see of canals and riyer and land up to,
and forty miles beyond, Amara, country, it is evident, is very fertile and has
immense potentialities. Keystone of its prosperity in the future lies in con
servancy and control oyer its waters and it appears that inteiests of His
Majesty’s Government and of inhabitants demand the establishment of a
system of irrigation which should be administered by most expert irrigation
engineers that it is possible for Government of India to provide. Irrigation
will he the chief means by which to bring in good revenue and to work out
pacification of people, and its administration will mean contentment of tribes
or the reverse. Destruction of ancient system of irrigation has resulted in enor
mous waste, by leading off of waters by means of large canals which run into
marshy areas in most uneconomical manner, or flood lands for a season or else
leave them permanently stagnant. An examination of present conditions held
by an expert of high water can alone show lines on which improvments are
necessary and can be carried out not merely for irrigation purposes alone
but also for safe navigation of the Tigris river. I therefore venture to urge
that a highly qualified engineer should immediately be deputed here with a
considerable staff, with the object of inspecting the country and reporting
what should be done to lay the foundation of a Mesopotamian river conservancy
and irrigation department.
Repeated Chief of the General Staff, Simla, and Secretary of State.
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Telegram R., No. 1229 B., dated the 14th (received 15th) June 1915.
From—The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Poli
tical Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Following purport of telegrams from Eushire repeated for information :—
Bagim Shriwstorff is coming down from Shiraz by Jireh route to ioin
Wassmuss.
Zair Khadar has sent sowars to meet him at IVassmuss’s request.
Wassmuss seems now to have got hold of plenty of cash and ten cases of kit
and other stuff have arrived at Dorasjun for him.
Latest reports are he is being styled Kalb Imam of Tangistan. Ends.
Telegram, No. 1238 B., dated the 14th (received 15th) -June 1915.
From— The Hon ble Lteoten ant-Colon kl Sir Percy Cox KCTF PS
Political Kesideut in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Basrah! ’ '
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the. Foreign and Political Depa
c*
Oil now through to Abadan.
Addressed Foreign; repeated Tehran and Bushire.
' '
Telegram, dated the 16th-June 1915.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—IDs Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Oil fields. Cox reports, 14th June, that oil now throughvto Abadan.

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Content

The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.

The volume covers:

  • Instructions regarding Bakhtiari.
  • Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia.
  • Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at Tehran.
  • Attitude of Persian Prime Minister.
  • Arrival of Russian troops at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali, Iran].
  • Murder of British Vice-Consul at Shiraz.
  • Attacks on British Consuls at Isfahan and Kangavar, and on Consulate officials at Shiraz.
  • Situation at Anglo-Persian Oil Company oilfields.
  • Activities of German Vice-Consul at Sultanabad.
  • German activity at Kermanshah.
  • German sending gold to Persia, to outbid Anglo-Russian financial assistance.
  • Extract of Imperial Bank of Persia's report on German occupation of Kermanshah.

The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Meshed, Sistan and Kain, Kerman, Isfahan, Khorasan, Kermanshah; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Imperial Bank of Persia; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah and Rais Ali of Dilwar [Rais Ali Delvari].

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1 volume (305 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 307; 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.

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