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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎11v] (27/804)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (398 folios). It was created in 1916-1917. 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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It appears from your telegram No. 329, October 4tb, that you consider
Vossuq-ed-Dowleh the most suitable Prime Minister.
If an assurance to him of our willingness to negotiate with him as to
post-bellum conditions would in your opinion help him to form a satisfactory
Government, you may give the material support which you suggest. Some
modifications in our existing policy might moreover be considered such as an
approval in principle of formation of a Persian National Army—of which
South Persia Rifles might subsequently form a part. You will realise un
desirability however of giving away anything substantial in order to secure
Persia’s goodwill in view of its doubtful value (and of improbability of Persia
being a possible factor in war, regarding which I share opinion you express in
your letter to Lord Hardinge, September 10th).
Am I right in assuming from your telegram No. 319 that you consider
that South Persia Rifles will not be able at present to ensure the opening of the
Bushire-Shiraz road and that you still desire to press desirability of furnishing
Parman Parma with a subvention for protecting these roads.
Telegram P., No. 357-F., dated the 26th (received 27th) October 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
Does paragraph 1 of your telegram No. 287 imply that it is not in
contemplation to attempt to intercept raiding parties until eastern frontiers are
approached and not to attempt it by employing subsidized friendly chiefs in
other parts.
It is possible that Agents will try route through Bakhtiari where they
made a good many partisans and the subsidizing of Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. who is very well
disposed to us is recommended. *
Something might also be done from Hamadan and perhaps Kermanskak.
Addressed Poreign Office, London.
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 16128, dated the 26th October 1917 )
Telegram P., No. X.-4314, dated the 20th (received 21st) October 1917.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D ", Baghdad
To-The Chief of the General Staff, Simla (repeated Director, Military Intelligence
Continuation My X.-4175, 13th October.
Information received shows that orders have been given to Niedermeve. t
proceed on October 22nd from Kifri and get to Aleppo Is q^ckly af Si
where he will report and explain his views to Yilderim. J F
119
Telegram P., No. X.-4335, dated the 22nd (received 23rd) October 1917
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “D ", Baghdad *
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla (repeated D. M. I., London)
Continuation my X.-4314 of 20th October. Information reopivpd oiv
that Frick in the absence of Niedermeyer is to bring disbanded Pendf ^
to Sinjabi country forthwith and there hand them Ver to Frobabh

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17.

Topics discussed include:

  • the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an attack on him (folio 312)
  • an account of the escape of German and Austrian prisoners (folio 281)
  • translations of letters from German prisoners transferred from Shiraz to Russia (ff 43-48) including a translation of Dr Zugmeyer's diary
  • discussion of German and Russian activities in Persia
  • tables, statistics and reports on troop numbers and weaponry, deployments, military engagements and casualties
  • British relations with local chiefs and their dealings with the Germans and Russians
  • transcripts of local newspaper articles on various topics including the Russian Revolution (folio 136v)
  • discussion of money required to pay to tribes
  • miscellaneous Army Department memoranda
  • general reports on the political and military situation in Persia including the 'Bakhtiari country' (ff 320-321)

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; the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles (Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes); 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 (398 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 400; 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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