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File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [‎298r] (600/618)

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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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31
In ilie course of a conversation which lasted more than an hour His
Excellency put before us at some length the main points of his programme.
These I briefly recapitulate here.
(1) Deputy Governor,
^ After some little fencing on both sides His Excellency named his
own choices, viz .,
(i) Mushir-uKMulk (an old and somewhat moth-eaten retainer ot tne
Zill-us-Sultan.
tii) Hukn-ul-Mulk (the present Head of the local Tribunal—Adhyeh), j
brother of the Qawam-ud-Howleh—Mutammid-i-Hhaqan—
formerly Governor-General of Ispahan.
(iii) Mirza Ahmad Khan Mir Panjeh, whose name and qualifications
are known to you.
His Excellency said that No. 1 having refused the choice lay between
o Pe^onallv he inclined to No. 2, hut would wish to he guided by
oiTr p^afe advfcr I gave^y unqualified and my Colleague a somewhat
qualified assent to His Excellency’s choice.
(2') The Pulpit and the Press.
His r £ce ‘i e “ e y ■>£
the newsmongers will be lorcea uy
Eersia.
consuUmg ” S ^ oli t*Lutn "Mahmud Man‘Tthe gend«meric)| :
Mirza Ahmad Khan Mlf.^ts earne^ consideration of the question of the
been passing sleepless n 0 n 30 or thereabouts) as at present sane
local Police, the ^rahLlutely"equate. He was about to
tioned in the provincial budget « ah ^ aud 1 1 t0 whom His Excelleucy
apply to Tehran for an increase. My , opportunity to point out that
appealed to support t ^' ] s ^^mher of untrained police would hardly make
tlie enrolment here of a la g fullest support to an application
matters better, but we ^ ert “ k ?J f prepared to make for a hundred
which His Excellency decked hims lt^^P out the sum sanctioned
trained P ohcemen , IS: a’ooo per month) was far m excess of the
for the military budget (Ts. 4,200 , ; mber 0 f officers and sarbazes
local reauirements. As a matter of J 3 ” th f“Xp tTs . igoO per month, the
‘ StaiTd out of it (150 to a ,g S pocket? n ^By transferring l 2,000 from
maior part went into somebody p . , possible to increase the police
r.i; rst kss »
viz., 500 men.
(4,) Gendarmerie. was anxious to do everything in his
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. -i- Ashjaa said ^ a *’ W ^ p s f a he would like to feel that m so
newer to maintain the neutrality ot f ersl M oadly hinted at the possibility ot
Cg to would be fully su PP^ an f al “m the many reports current
the fendarmerie turning agamst h.m,and all ^ gendal . merie ^officers.
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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)
Arrangement

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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