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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [117v] (239/804)
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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I should view with great misgiving Jang’s return at present juncture.
Muhtasham would find it difficult to carry on but wdth Zafar as llkhani
it should be possible for Jang to return in a few months’ time with a reasonable
chance of bis settling down quietly. I find it difficult to belirve that Jang is
returning for financial reasons as it is generally accepted that a Khan s
expenses in Bakhtiari where he has to satisfy the demands of a host of adherents
are much greater than those he incurs at the capital.
Addressed Tehran; repeated Ispahan, Basrah, Noel.
Enclosure No. 3,
Basrah;
The 24th March 1917.
To
The Deputy Chief Political Officer, Basrah.
Memorandum.
In the early part of 1916 when
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.
Zafar was Governor-General of
Kerman he attacked and broke up tbe German Mission to the Amir of Afghan
istan under Zugmeyer and Seiler, when it was on its way through the Kerman
Province.
Among the effects of the party which fell into
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.
Zafar’s hands was a
German decoration said to have been sent by the German Emperor to the
Amir.
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.
Zafar wishes to present this decoration as a personal gift to Sir
Percy Cox, and with that object asks me to hand it over to you with tbe
request that you will kindly arrange that it may be forwarded to Sir Percy
Cox by the first safe opportunity.
E, Noel, Captain,
No. 4562.
Chief Political Office,
Basrah, 25th March 1917.
C.P.O.
Copy submitted, with the decoration in original.
A. T. Wilson, Captain,
Deputy Chief Political Officer.
Enclosure No. 4.
Telegram R., No. 13, dated the 27th (received 28th) March 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To— Captain E. Noel (repeated Cox).
* Enclosure No. 1.
Your telegram* 98.
I cannot quite see the urgent necessity for change just now and your
combination seems scarcely feasible. Your reasons are that Muhtasham
resents existing state of things in North Arabistan and is intractable and that
pending questions make it desirable to have regulations amenable to llkhani.
As regards latter it is unlikely that two of the three questions will be
seriously taken in hand immediately and as all three are advantageous
to Khans the necessity for humouring them is not very obvious. Bemoval of
the grievance as regards North Arabistan must depend on our military
interests. If they admit of a partial reversion to old regime of Bakhtiari
incompetency I would prefer to allow M. to profit by it, but if not it would
be better to reserve the measure of elimination giving new llkhani a good
start,
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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.
- 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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