File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [14v] (33/804)
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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On 21st Shiraz Column reached Hadrabad on Ispahan road, and on
October 28th is due at Shiraz. Health of column continues excellent.
Kerman Column under Colonel Farran was due to reach Shari JBabak about
22nd instant, but there in no further news of it yet.
Following exchanges of units between columns were effected on October
14th at Maryas :— ,
Squadron 15th Lancers and 2 platoons 124th Baluchis joined Kerman
Column, and 2nd squadron Burma Mounted Infantry joined Shiraz Column.
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 1(5243, dated the 27th October 1917.)
Telegram, No. 72054, dated the 24th October 1917.
From—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
From—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla,
S The Consul, Sistan.
Sir Pkrcy Sykes, Shiraz.
Libutenant-Colonjsl Rjsdl, Meshed.
Continuation rny No. 70375, dated 17th October 1917. Commencing on
18th October operations on the Dipla resulted in our gaining possession of the
Jebel Hamrin ridge to the east and the south-eastern end of the ridge to the
west of the river. Turkish registance was feeble.
A successful bombing raid on Kifri on 16th October by our aeroplanes
was carried out. Considerable damage to Turkish aerodrome is reported.
One of our machines being forced to land was burnt, personnel bein^ brought
away safely.
127
Telegram P., No. 1086-S., dated the 29th October 1917.
From-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—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.
, Baghdad.
Following from Minister Tehran. First -.-Begins. 76, October 25th.
Foreign Office has sent protecting these roads.
becond: Bpgms. 357-F., 26th October. Does paragraph 1 * * • a
perhaps Kermanshah. Ends. ^ o r
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129
Telegram P., No. 78, dated the 29th (received 30th) October 1917.
From — His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreio-n and Politic n. *
meat, Simla (repeated to Cox, Rowlandson, and foreign 01^1? P
munication to Director of Military Intelligence). ° Ulh f COm '
Following account of himself is given by Kerim Khan ncA 9 ft ... t .
Ai l r ot . Kut . abuclin Stree t> Rawalpindi, educated at Gordon 1 Colleae
and Chicago University who has recently arrived here from SuleimaniV
Have you any information of him? At outbreak of war wheni
returning to India vm Germany, he was interned near Berlin. Then Malor
Klein, formeny German Military Attache here, brought him to Conntnrui J ?
ana Baghdad where he serred with the Army Service Corps. After the'TaU
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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.
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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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