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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎116v] (237/804)

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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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No. 36-C., dated Shiraz, the 22nd March (received 23rd April) 1917 (Confidential).
From— Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-
General, South Persia Rifles,
To The Secretary to the Government o£ India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment.
I have the honour to state that I have despatched by to-day's post three
’Sanads” as under-noted, requested in your telegram No. 228, dated 21st
February 1917 :—
1. “ Sanads ” for the Maharaja of Indore.
2. [Ditto do. Mysore.
3. Ditto Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Tonk.
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No. 6242—67-6, dated Basrah, the 9th (received 23rd) April 1917.
Endorsed by Deputy Chief Political Officer.
Copies of the undermentioned papers are forwarded to the Deputy Secre
tary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla, for
information :—
Telegram from Noel, Basrah, to Tehran, repeated Ispahan and Basrah, No. 98, dated the
23rd March 1917.
Telegram R. from Noel, Basrah, to Tehran, repeated Ispahan and Basrah, No. 99, dated
the 23rd March 1917.
Memorandum from Captain E. Noel to Deputy Chief Political Officer, Basrah, dated
the 24th March 1917.
Telegram R. from Marling, Tehran, to Noel, repeated Cox, No. 13, dated the 27th—
28th March 1917.
Telegram R. from Noel, Ahwaz, to Tehran, repeated Basrah, Ispahan, No. 128, dated the
1st April 1917.
Telegram X. from Noel, Shushtar, to Political, Basrah, dated the 5th April 1917.
Unclosure No. 1.
Telegram (Ordinary), No. 98, dated the 23rd March 1917.
From— Captain E. Noel, Basrah,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran (repeated Ispahan and Basrah).
In my telegram No. 1, I mentioned that presence of our troops at the
fields and new position at Shushtar and Dizful had aroused considerable
resentment. I had hopes, however, that present tribal Governors would be
ready to take a strong line and override any opposition. They however on
their arrival in low country adopted opposite attitude.
On seeing with their own eyes the actual position only rumours of which
had so tar reached them their friendly attitude definitely turned to one of
suspicion and they proved sour and intractable to deal with. Change made it
self felt in their holding up specie caravan for three weeks and by their raising
tolls on Lynch road from Krs. 5 to 8 without consulting us.
This change of attitude is due primarily to the financial losses which have
resulted from the administrative measures adopted by us during the summer
at Dizful and Shushtar and the elimination of their influence in these towns,
which we have hitherto tacitly recognized and the substitution for it of local
autonomy backed by British influence.

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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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