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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [54r] (112/804)
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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44:
MEMORANDUM.
The papers specified below were- transmitted to the. Secretary, Political
Department,
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.
^ London, for the information of His Majesty’s
Secretai y of State for India, nnder cover of the Eoreign Secretary’s letter
No. 4.8-M., dated the 22nd June 1917 :— -
Situation in Persia.
Serial Nos. 27 to 30 and 33 to 35 of Persia Series, Part XIV.
45
(deceived with Army Department memorandum No. 8741, dated the 14th June 1917.)
Telegram R., No. 54-S., dated the 11th June 1917.
Prom—The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz,
To—The Consul-General, Ispahan (repeated Chief of the General Staff, Simla).
Name of German Agent, Yazd, is Mulla Sulaiman Jewish, son of Daud 7
Resident, Gulshan and Serai, Yazd. Deported sent large sums money to
German fugitives now with Las ha n is.
46
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 9249, dated the 23rd June 1917.)
No. 119-G., dated the 30th May (received 20th June) 1917.
From—The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
(Copy to the Officer Commanding, Kerman Brigade, for record in his office.)
I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of the road report from
Nushki to Kerman by Sergeant G. R. Cos, Mechanical Transport Corps.
2. Sergeant Cos is the first man to bring a motor car through from India
to Shiraz, via Kerman * his experiences with 2 Hupmobile (25 H. P.) cars may
be of interest to the Inspector of Machinery, Army Headquarters.
Both these cars are still in good running order; their only drawbacks
appear to be low clearance and heavy body. When in difficulties, the Hupmo-
bile-required as many as 15 to 20 men with drag ropes to shift it.
Summary of route from Nushki {Baluchistan) to Kerman {Persia).
KushH to Robot. —Route fair with the exception of sand hills at Yad~
gahebar, 100 miles out, Chalandan, 208 miles out and again at 270 miles out.
The sand in these places is deep but a road of sorts could be made.
Robot to Dehaneh Route bard and fair until a continuation of
water courses lasting about 8 miles is reached about 30 miles out. The pick
and shovel had to be used a great deal, making progress slow-taking 40 hours
to do the 8 miles. There being plenty of material with a good drainage system
a good hard road could be made.
Dehaneh Baghi to Kunarak.—Bowte was through the Malusan Pass, 6
miles long, which was very narrow in
{Tid Malusan Pass, Sipi and Nadir’s Pass.) places the sides of the paSS had to be
clipped awavto allow cars to pass. On the Sipi was good, then getting very
bad and sandy. The Nadir’s Pass was also narrow and had to be cut away m
places, Erom Sipi to Kunarak is 12 miles which took 7 hours. A road could
be made.
Kunarak to Gurg.—On the whole good.
Gurq to FeW—Route good for 36 miles-then a great deal of sand for
< the next 16 miles. This is the worst place en route but a road of sorts could
be made.
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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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