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File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)' [254r] (512/678)
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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Telegram P., No. 52-308-B. M., dated the 22nd (received 23rd) February 1918.
From—The General Officer Commanding, E. P. Cordon, Birjand,
To—The Consul-General, Meshed.
(Repeated Chief of the General StafC and Red!.)
Twc platoons and two machine guns under command of Captain Adams
should arrive Meshed about March 1st. They leave Turbat Haidari about 25th
instant. Turbat Haidari will remain without troops for the present.
The above refers to your telegram No. 25-C., of 17th instant.
241
Telegram P., No. 52727-Cipher, dated the 21st (received 22nd) February 1918.
From—The Director, Military Intelligence, London,
To— Colonel Rowlandson.
(Repeated Mesopotamia and India.)
Your 118.
Can you explain what Dunsterville means by (C Russian situation being
impossible ” ? Does this refer to situation at Baku and in the Caucasus or to
chaos at Enzeli. If to former, on what is his opinion based ? Reports from
Pike though not very hopeful by no means represent situation as hopeless.
Would it be possible for Dunsterville and subsequent parties to reach Tiflis
via Zenjan and Tabriz if sea route is impracticable.
Telegram P., No. 128, dated the 22nd (received 23rd) February 1918.
From —Colonel Rowlandson, Hamadan,
To—London.
(Repeated Baghdad and India.)
Your 52727 of 21st February.
British Consul, Resht, sent the telegram in question to Manager, Imperial
Bank of Persia, Hamadan, in cipher presumably because General Dunsterville
did not know if I had handed over yet. Baratoff knows about the arrival
at Baku of Dunsterville and first party so apparently there was no difficulty
in sea transport. Goldsmith preceded Dunsterville to Baku and I suppose
latter acted on his report. The land via Lingan would probably not be
practicable because the road requires improvement for motor cars and is
unguarded, also in view of the fact that Persian Government have forbidden
passage of troops and even officers through Julna.
242
*
^Received with Army Department Memorandum No. 2528, dated the 26th Feb
ruary 1918.)
Telegram P., No. 0138, dated the 22nd (received 23rd) February 1918.
From —General Sykes,
To—The Minister, Tehran.
(Repeated to the Chief of the General Staff, Delhi, General Staff, Shiraz, Bandar Abbas.)
Butters, who is in command of a detachment of South Persia Rifles, and
Kawam met Metarum. Kawam is doing his best to recover stolen transport.
Two heads of Mazioh tribe have been arrested by him. So far has not been
very successful in recovering property and transport. Butters considers that
he realises that he is dependent on South Persia Rifles and secretly welcomes
the^ punishment of robber tribes which from weakness he cannot himself
inflict. In the early summer the guilty section who carried off transport
and looted property from the neighbourhood of Bandar Abbas will be punished.
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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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