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File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)' [110v] (225/678)
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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signaller and family prisoners. British officers and Indian troops are holding
out in barracks. All South Persia Rifles have deserted to enemy. Ends.
■ I have just been informed by Director, Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment, that all wires north of Adadeh are now interrupted.
This is with reference to my immediately preceding telegram.
Addressed Dunsterville, M.-63; repeated Baghdad, Hamadan, Poreign
Office.
191
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 8657, dated the 1st July 1918.)
Telegram P., No. 384, dated the 7th (received 27th) June 1918.
Prom—The Caucasus Military
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
To—The Director of Military Intelligence, London (repeated Baghdad, Tehran and
India).
Reference my 380 of 24th May. Please refer to map 1-2,000,000.
Polio wing were Turkish dispositions on 29th May *,—
Xgdir
Saradabad ...
Alexandropol ...
Amamli Sector*
Jelal Oghla Sector ...
Akhalsikh Sector
Batum ...
Natanebi and Kabuleti
Total esiiimted strength.—21,000 bayonets, 250 field and mountain guns
and 2 regiments of cavalry in Alexandropol area. 37th Division now called
37th Caucasus Division.
Turkish efforts to form troops out of local elements have so far met with
no success and are unlikely to materialise. Turks and Germans are trying to
form units out of local Tartars for use against Bolsheviks in Baku ; estimated
that one month must elapse before any attempt can be made against Baku.
2,000 Regular Tartar Troops Evlakh-Kurdamir lack supplies and shells.
German troop guard line Batum-Tiflis. Bolshevik entrenchments at Jai
Kabul and Baku, ammunition plentiful, reinforcements recently arrived from
Russia.
192
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 8624, dated the 29th June 1918.)
Telegram P., No. 1101, dated the 19th (received 20th) June 1918.
From—Dunsterforce, Kasvin,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D ”, Baghdad (repeated Tehran and
India).
Telegram No. 76, dated 20th May, from Caumil^t ge, addressed Director,
Military Intelligence, London :— Begins.
I have been interviewed here by representatives from Baratoff. The
general situation is as follows : “ Temporarily everything quiet ”, Bolshevism
has failed ;* people determined to stand by* Russian regime. Peace and
P 1 change.
... 5th Division.
... 108th Regiment,
... 36th Division.
... 9th Caucasus Division,
11th Caucasus Division.
... 5th Caucasus Division.
... 42nd Division.
10th Caucasus and 37th Caucasus
Divisions.
'"V
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- Title
- File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:55v, 57v:213v, 215r:252r, 253r:336v, 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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