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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [134r] (272/804)
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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tio DS ^r t fcteS IZT. n f °n fI 6 ,,* 0 . ? 0 ' e ™ 0 ''-General> s qH e S .
Keveoue Administration. At present Governor'r 1 P r ® dlct sucoess for *1'®
Kurdistani direct. present boveinoi-General declines to deal with
The relerence is to my telegram 78 62.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram P., No. 83-70, dated the 5th (received 6 th) May 1917.
From His Majesty^s Consul, Kerman,
To—His Majesty's Minister, Tehran (repeated Bushire).
0Vem ? ents Wbilst insistin g on increasing burdens of holders
of Kbahsajat (crown lands) as a class, yet also require Kurdistani to reduce
“iftMs t ° n Jeh « nia “- n TWS i S due ’ 1 understan ' 1 . to Russian
press me. it this is the case can Russia be induced to withdraw her demand
or preferential treatment of Jehanian’s property nominally or actually
transferred to Mirza B.uzurg, as it will very materially increase the difficulty
ot trying to exact the increased demand from others. The result of concession
to Russian protege will be that every one will try to put his property in the
hands ot Russian proteges which is what Jehanian has done. Furthermore
the concession will make us (the friends of Russia) most unpopular if we do
nothing for the others.
The reference is to Minister’s telegrams 31 and 50 and my telegram 43.
« Enclosure Eo. 4.
Telegram P., No. 71, dated the 5th (received 6th) May 1917.
From — His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To—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.
In continuation of my telegram 83—70, dated to-day, please refer to para
graphs 10, 72 and 93 of Kerman Diary.
Also I am sending you by post copies of correspondence referred to with
Minister.
Enclosure No. 5.
Diary, paragraph 10 (week ending the lith February 1917).
An awkward revenue case has come up in which Russian “ interests” are
involved.
The bankrupt firm of Jehanian owned some land in Khabis The revenue
due on the property came under revision in 1913, the question being the
conversion rates lor revenue payable in kind. In the “title deeds (said to be a
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
from the Shah) the rate was fixed at
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
2 per kharwar, but
according to Kurdistani these imaginary rates in such cases were abolished by
the legislation of the National Majlis. Lecoffre was unable to extract the full
market value, but a compromise was reached by which Jehanian instead of
paying for 328 kharwars at 2
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per kharwar, or
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
656, in all,
were to pay for 288 kharwars in all, at the rate of
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
16 per kharwar for
ld4 kharwars and
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
4^ per kharwar for the remaining 144.
Last year Jehanian transferred the property to Mirza Buzurg, Russian
Agent at Yezd, who now claims the right to pay at the 2
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
rare fixed in
the sanad. It is stated, probably with truth, that the transfer was made solely
with a view to bringing in Russian influence to prevent the increased Revenue
demand being enforced, and that the transfer is not a bond fide one. It is also
stated that the Russian side of the case is really being pushed by the Mirza in
the Russian Consulate-General in Ispahan.
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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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- 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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