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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [27v] (59/804)
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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A
. This would enable merchants to get it up cheaply especially now that
the kran is about 220 krans to Its. 100.
For Government to purchase and despatch and Government officers to
send upcountry and sell is troublesome and costly and also involves considerable
loss to Government as is shown by Shiraz telegram, 235.
Addressed Tehran; repeated Thiraz.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram R., No. 77, dated the 21st (received 22nd) August 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—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.
Your telegram 143.
It seems to me that your proposal would destroy political advantages
relieving distress in Shiraz by direct supply. It removes any possibility
controlling grain prices in Shiraz and gives Bushire merchants profit on cheap
transport and opportunity of profiteering.
Addressed Busbire, 77 ; repeated Shiraz,
Enclosure No. 4.
of
of
Telegram R., No. 144—1440, dated the 23rd August 1917.
From—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,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
Your telegram 77.
I am not of course in a position to form any opinion as to the political
advantage of relieving distress in Shiraz by direct supply; possibly it out
weighs other considerations in which case of course my proposal is ipso facta
quashed.
In my telegram, 143, I should have said permission to import might be
given to Shirazr merchants or their Bushire merchants. I did not mean to
suggest that Bushire merchants should import on their own account. As
we could ascertain and inform G. G. approximate cost of flour in India,
and of shipping it there and landing it here, and Governor could do the
same as regards transport from here to Shiraz, I venture to think that the
G. G. could fix maximum price without difficulty. Perhaps permission to
import could be made contingent on intending importers agreeing to sell
at prices not exceeding maximum price fixed by G. G. in consultation with
His Majesty’s Consul.
If this is feasible, it should be possible to regulate prices and prevent
profiteering.
Addressed Tehran; repeated Shiraz.
Enclosure No. 5.
Telegram R., No. 248, dated the 24th (received 25th) August 1917.
From— Bristow, Shiraz,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
Your telegram 176.
G. G. (with whom I had discussed Bushire Resident’s telegram
1422 before receiving your telegram above mentioned) thinks scheme very
good one provided it was in addition to, and not instead of, importation
of flour by us as was done last year.
G. G. says firm Behbehani would be glad to consent to 500 tons on
those terms and other merchants probably another 500 between them.
Addressed Tehran ; repeated Bushire.
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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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- Title
- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:76r, 78r:106r, 114r:121r, 122r, 123v:124r, 126r:129v, 131r:146v, 148v:178r, 179v:208v, 211r:214r, 216r:244r, 246v:300v, 306v:309v, 313v:321r, 324r:326v, 328r:339v, 341r:399v, back-i
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