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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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Klmsrau Ivhaii, Dehkhurdi
Salar Akram and Salar-ul-Sultan, Yar Abmadi
Akbar Khan, Qaid Kahmat ...
Mohsin Khan, Amir Khan, Mir AH Khan, Razani
Ts.
600
500
200
200
Total ... 8,500
These subsidies were, it seems, to be paid by tbe Persian Government,
through the Revenue Department and were nominally for the policiun 1 and
protection of roads in Luristan. °
The Russians attacked and took Doulatahad on the 25th September and
the venue of the meeting was changed to that place. Unfortunately the day
previous to that on which Ali Mardan Khan and his sowars were to arrive,
the Russians were turned out of Doulatabad and had to make a hurried
retreat to Sultanabad and the position locally became worse than before.
r J he “young” Bakhtiari Khans wdio were acting in conjunction with the rebels
turned the Deputy Governor out of Japalak early in October and began
extorting revenue. Those principally concerned were Salar-u-Akram, son of
the llkhani (subsequently recalled by his father), Sikandar Khan, Salar-i-
Masud, and Bahadur-u-Sultaneh. Amir-i-Mufakham remained at Areh and
did not himself join the gathering that from this time till the close of the
year was engaged in hostilities against the Russians, but documentary evidence
exists to show that he encouraged the movement and his sowars actually joined
the rebel, forces that threatened Sultanabad.
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Muazzam with his
personal retainers joined the enemy at Doulatabad. The negotiation with Ali
JMardan Khan resulted in his keeping aloof from this movement.
Appointments were at this time made by the Nizam-u-Sultaneh in the
name of the Snak to the Governorships of Araq and Luristan,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muqtadir
being selected for the former,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mohi for the latter. The last named,
supported bv Nazar Ali Khan and his sowars, entered Burujird about the 11th
October, tlu? Rukn-u-Douleb being forced to leave. Simultaneously with this j
enemy activity, the Russian troops in the Sultanabad neighbourhood were
reduced to 330 Cossacks with 2 machine guns.
The situation being as shown, it seemed essential, in order to prevent the
hostile tribal movement assuming a much more widespread and serious
character, to enter into relations with the Chahar Lang Chiefs and
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Hasmat of Kemareh and if necessary to offer them considerable inducements
to iret them to range themselves on our side. This course was approved by
General Baratoff, and after obtaining the sanction of His Majesty’s Minister, I
proceeded to the Chahar Lan^l country accompanied by Air. Moir and
Archimandrite Khoren.
I make mention here of two facts which, apart from the general causes
which seem to have led the Persian people as a “whole to a pro-German attitude,
have locally operated to make the task of enlisting the services of tribal leaders
more difficult than it need have been. The most important of these is the
extremely bad behaviour of the Russian soldiers towards the inhabitants which
can hardly be condemned in sufficiently strong language, combined with non-
pavment, or insufficient payment, for supplies. Representations mace ere
by*Mr. Moir and myself and through Mr. Durie at Headquarters have been
received in good part, but up to the present have been quite oarren o resu s.^
The second is the presence at Sultanabad of an Armenian priest (Aichi
mandrite Khoren) who has been actieg for the Russians in the capaci y o
Political and Supply officer and who is them general medium for correspond-
ence with the people of the country. This individual is a Russiansu jec
owner of considerable properties in Araq where bis raetho s an s l0n o
doubt hereditary—anti-Muhammadan bias has for years caused him to be an
object of dislike and suspicion. Lately he has been sc leming o
presence of Russian troops for his personal aggrandisemen , an
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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.
- 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.
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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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- 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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