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File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)' [‎37r] (78/678)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (335 folios). It was created in 1917-1918. 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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additional officers: one to be capable of taking over as Political Officer, Borasjun,
Daliki, and the other to help Pirst Assistant with present heavy volume of work
connected with formation of large base shipping labour, &c.
I concur and after consultation with Bill propose, subject to the approval
of the Government of India, that Gregson now en route from England should
proceed to Bushire on arrival at Bombay and that Captain Eraser, now at
Bizful, should change places with Pulley at Bushire.
Both officers should continue to enjoy the emoluments and privileges to
which they are now entitled to as members of this force and might be gazetted
as on special duty under the 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. .
Demi-official. Eraser is persona grata with the General Officer Com
manding, Bushire, and knows the country; an unusal combination.
This refers to your telegram, 1037-S.
184
Telegram, No. 820, dated the 17th (received 18th) September 1918.
From— Sir Percy Cox, Tehran,
To—The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Sir Charles Marling and I respectively delivered and assumed charge of
His Majesty’s Legation after office hours on 16th September.

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1917-18.

Topics discussed include:

  • A statement (ff 96-97) of South Persia Rifles policy for Southern Persia by the Inspector General, South Persian Rifles (Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes);
  • A note (f 213) on political and tribal developments in Arabistan from July 1917 by the Officiating Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, (Arnold Talbot Wilson);
  • A review (ff 265-269) of events in Fars 1916-17.

The file is mainly divided into sections on events by weekly date period. Correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; HBM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Marling); HBM Consul, Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]; HBM Consul, Shiraz; HM Consul-General, Meshed; HM Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, (David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer); HBM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Captain Edward Noel); HM Consul-General, Isfahan; General Officer Commanding, Sistan Field Force; The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz; Chief of the General Staff, Simla; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London; the 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. , Bushire; and the 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. , Bushire.

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (335 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The subject 3360 (Persian Correspondence) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/612-614. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising 1 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 337; 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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