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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [45r] (94/804)
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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I can do nothing for you down there; Wassmuss is the only man.
you news of Niedermayer or my brother?
Your sincerely,
Peter Paschen.
Have
This letter ought to have gone to you 8 days ago, but the messenger, a
former servant of Major Yon Verson, could not make up bis mind to depart.
However, the man will report himself to you now as I have thrown out. He
is the most rot.ren Persian I have yet met—a cowardly dog. Yesterday news
came here from Tehran that Hamadan had been caprured by us. Is Soulat-
ud-Doulah now on our side? I beg you for a detailed report at once so that
1 can act accordingly. It is rumoured here that in Shiraz fights are taking
place between the Gendarmerie and Persians. If you have the opportunity
please send me two bottles of whisky—I have no alchohol whatever.
Best wishes,
P. P.
Enclosure No. 3 to Serial No. 36.
Shiraz,
8th July 1916.
Hear Mr. Paschen,
Your letter from Abadeh, dated 12th/20th June, came to band 5
days ago. I did not see the messenger myself; we are too closely watched
for that ; he handed the letter over to Prau Roever who is occasionally
allowed to visit her interned husband. This letter goes back in the same
manner (? and) Muhammad AM should go on direct to Kermanshah with
reports from me and Seiler, which have also been handed over to him, or to
whatever point he meets the Germans.
He has received his ration money and Ts. 10 before starting. I have
promised him that you will give him further Ts. 10 and the Germans in
Kermansbah another Ts. 50. Should you have no money, comfort him
anyhow with Kermanshah and give him a cheque on that place if necessary.
Griesinger, Biach, Wediq and I had reached a point far beyond Bam
when we heard of the German break-up in Persia. In Bam whither we
returned on March 80th, we also learnt of the evacuation of Kerman by
Seiler’s party. We then attempted to reach Shiraz with all possible speed.
On April 9th we were attacked near Baft by a party of Bakbtiaris (horsemen
belong to Governor of Kerman). Most of our sowars fled and with them
Biach who was taken prisoner and handed over tO| the English in Bunder
Abbas. We now lost 10 men killed and the rest fought on till dark, when
we decamped. The caravan was lost. Griesinger Wedig and I with 8 men
marched through the mountains towards Kiris. On 15th April we were
surrounded by Arabs of a nomad tribe, fell upon, taken prisoners and looted,
but released again with arms and horses; but most of the gold which we still
carried in our saddle bags was taken from us.
In Niris the brother of Mansur-us-Snltaneh received us in a friendly
manner. The next day he informed us that he would have to imprison us
bv order of the Government. They deprived us of our arms and we were
kept prisoners there till May 18th. Then we were brought here where we
have been interned since 23rd May with Seiler s party, Soever, Angmann,
Evieson, Petzold and Lassu together with Professor Schroder. We weie well
treated but so strictly watched that it was only with greatest difficulty that
we could receive and send news.
Eights between Gendarmes and the Qawam have not occurred since we
arrived 0 here. Soulat-ud-Doulah is carrying on a little war against
Muhammad Ali Khan, Kashguli; latter is in treaty with Wassmuss, Por the
rest Soulat and Qawam are behaving well and are not ill disposed to us.
The
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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.
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- 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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- 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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