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File 3516/1914 Pt 13 'German War: Persia; Saulet and Kawain; quarterly adjustment with Foreign Office' [162r] (330/406)
The record is made up of 1 volume (198 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1915-24 Feb 1921. 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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From Assistant to
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bashire, 2<oth October 1915.
[Addressed to Foreign, repeated to Secretary of State for India,
and Basra.)
, ^ • Your telegram 1077 S. On i^lst October His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul at 81iiraz telegraphed to Minister at Tehran that Kawan had decided
to appoint Soulet, Governor of Dashti. and Dashtistan, that Soulet would
piobablv send one of hts brothers with a force to Borazjun to take up
Governorship and restore order, and added that he presumed 1 agreed. 1
telegraphed to Minister, 22nd October, that m my opinion in present
conditions proposal promised best chance of reducing districts to order as
Barya Begi without money or men could do nothing. I added that m my
opinion appointment should be temporary for four or six months specifically
for the purpose of punishing khans and restoring order m the districts
named and that after this period or before, if order restored sooner,
governorship should revert to Governor of Gulf Ports. I added new
Governor should be instructed to place himself in communication with
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and that any reference to British Representatives regarding
punishment of hostile and treatment of friendly khans should be made
through the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
as we here are in touch with these districts. New
Governor should also, 1 think, be given specific instructions as to nature of
punishment to be inflicted on hostile khans.
Subject to these provisos 1 concur as regards appointment of Soulet to
restore order on road and in littoral districts.
<2 /. la. / 5 -
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The volume concerns the situation in south-western Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the alliance with the tribal chiefs Soulet [Soulet-ed-Douleh, Sawlat al-Dawlah] and Kawan [Kawam-ul-Mulk, Quavvam-ul-Mulk, Qavam al-Mulk].
The volume covers:
- Negotiations to give Soulet protection and induce him to collaborate with Kawan.
- Discussion with Kawan regarding financial assistance.
- Proposed subvention to Kawan and Soulet for keeping order in Fars, maintaining a garrison at Shiraz, and restoring order on roads.
- Accounts of monthly payments made to Kawan and Soulet from 1916 to 1918.
- Funding for an expedition against the Baharlu tribe.
- Claim for repayment of a moiety of the above mentioned expenditures, incurred by the Foreign Office.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling and Herman Norman, British Ministers at Tehran; Maurice de Bunsen, Ronald William Graham, Walter Langley and Lancelot Oliphant, Foreign Office; 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. ; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy 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. ; Thomas William Holderness, John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Arthur Hirtzel, and Leonard Day Wakely, 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. ; Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul at Shiraz; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; HM Treasury; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
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- 1 volume (198 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/489
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 13 'German War: Persia; Saulet and Kawain; quarterly adjustment with Foreign Office'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:33v, 34ar, 34r:47v, 48ar, 48r:199v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence