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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎97v] (199/804)

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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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Telegram P., No. 511-S., dated the 25th April 1917.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To— Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Shiraz (repeated to
Tehran and Secretary of State for India, London).
Please address telegrams dealing with personnel and material and other
technical matters connected with the organisation of the South Persia Hides
direct to Chief of General Staff in future without repeating them to this
Department. This Department however should he kept informed of general
political situation affecting your force and all telegrams of political and
general interest addressed by you to Minister should be repeated to this
Department.
106
Telegram P., No. 514-S., dated the 25th April 1917.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran (repeated to Sir P. Sykes and
Kerman).
It is requested that in accordance with the decision given in your No. 28,
dated 29th March, Sykes may be instructed to send back to Bunder Abbas by
the first opportuniny, 1 B. O. ^ 15 B. 8c F. of the luBth Infantry who were
left at Sirjan on return of the party referred to in correspondence ending with
my telegram No. 437-S., dated 7th April.
107
Telegram R., No. 718, dated (and received) the 27th April 1917.
From— Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Stkes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. 1 , *
Clear the line. Your telegram No. 105 to Consul, Shiraz. On military
grounds my advisers and I entirely oppose any advance on Kazerun atpresect
as involving considerable risk of isolation owing to extraordinary difficulty
of Tehran and fact that bulk of South Persia Rifles are required to hold
posts on road north while balance is being trained. All important questions
of this kind are discussed at meetings at which Consul gives his views. Such
meetings which Consul attended were held April 14th, April 24th, April 27th.
On first date it was decided definitely that South Persia Rifles was not strong
enough at present to undertake Kazerun and my telegram No. 6 was outcome
of this meeting.
Addressed Tehran ; repeated Chief of the General Staff, Bushire, Cox and
Consul, Shiraz.

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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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