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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [72r] (148/804)
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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Condition (i) is rather make-weight as material will be cheap at the end
of wai, j ^d so in a sense is (c) for Persia’s financial position at the end of the
war and her need of finding resources to pay for the new gendarmerie by
revision of customs tariff will give us requisite opportunity to enforce our
Wishes in those respects. Moratorium of May and subsequent instalments
have been neither paid nor applied for; this quetion, however, must inevitably
come up. Persian Government will probably ask for payment in currency,
but this in my opinion should not be conceded until we have acquired proof
of Persia’s friendliness.
On second thoughts I am averse to scrapping 1907 Convention. To do
so would encourage Persia to recommence old game of playing off British
against Russian interests and vice versa, and of this there are already signs. On
the other hand by maintaining it we can to a certain extent at least prevent
Russian agents from lending themselves to such tricks. But we might allow
Persia to cancel her recognition of the Convention. Russian assent will presum
ably be requisite.
By working on such lines we can in my opinion do a good deal to rehabi
litate ourselves in Persian opinion. We shall at any rate escape uncongenial
and false position into which loyalty to Russia has drawn us. Positive results will
otherwise be small. We can check anti-British current, but we cannot reverse
it. Our long association with Russia has made us suspect in Persian eyes and
added to this Persian opinion inclines to Islamic ally of Germany in present
struggle. Persia is too cautious, however, to commit herself either way until
issue is or seems to her to be beyond doubt. In any event, however, her effort
counts for little and it is worth remembering that fresh German effort will lack
great support of gendermerie which did so much for them in many parts of
Persia and particularly in Shiraz in which latter direction however I do not
see that Germans can have any special objective now.
This is with reference to your telegram No. 187.
Addressed Poreign Office, London.
77
No. 349-S., dated Bushire, the 24th June (received 4th July) 1917,
Endorsed by Second Assistant 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.
to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Porwarded to the Government of India in the Poreign and Political
Department, for information, in continuation of this office endorsement
No. 841-8., dated the 18th June 1917
R Telegram from the Consul, Kerman, to the Deputy Resident, Bushire, No. 112,
dated the 19th June 1917.
2. Telegram from the Consul, Kerman, to the Minister, Tehran (repeated Bushire,
No. lis), No. 110, dated the 22nd June 1917.
Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram R., No. 112, dated the 19th (received 20th) June 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To— Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bushire.
Pollowing recent telegrams from His Majesty’s Minister
(1) Telegram No. 61, dated June Ist^—
Your telegram 96,
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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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