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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [144v] (293/804)
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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99
No. &7-C., dated Shiraz, the 21 st March 1917 (Confidential).
From— Brtgadibe-Geneeal Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.T.E., C.M.G, Inspector-
General, South Persia Rifles,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
I have the honour to state that I have despatched by to-day’s post four
*« ganads ” as under-noted; requested in your telegram No. 228, dated 2l8t
[February 1917.
“ Sanads ” for the Maharajas—
Patiala.
Rewa.
Kasimhazar.
Rampur.
100
No. 651, dated Bushire, the 29th March (received 9th April) 1917.
From -Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
*
p 0 phe Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
With reference to my letter No. 257*0., dated 10th July 1916, reg ird-
inr the steps taken by His Excellency the Darya Begi to punish the Shaikhs
nho helped the murderers of Khan Bahadur Agha Bedr, I have the honour
to state that the Kawam-ul-Mulk has recently paid a visit to the hinterland of
the Shibkuh Ports and has upset the arrangements made at Ghiru.
2 1 be^ to enclose, for the information of the Government of India, a
copy of a despatch (No. 15—650, dated 29th March 1917, with enclosures)
which I have addressed to His Majesty’s Minister on the subject.
3. The Kawam’s action seems most uncalled for, seeing that it was quite
impossible for him to punish the offending Shaikhs in the first instance, and
having regard to the fact that he owes his present position entirely to our
assistance. I think that properly speaking serious notice should be taken of it,
hut as it is necessary in the opinion of the British Authorities at Shiraz to
conciliate the Kawam in the interests of position there, L have only suggested
that he should refund the money taken from Shaikh Ibrahim and that the
administration of the Shibkuh Ports should be transferred to the Gulf PorU
Local Government.
PRECIS.
Shibkuh Forts .—Recent action by Kawan in, and necessity for, transfer of
administration of district to Local Government of Gulf Ports*
Enclosure.
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No. 15—650, dated Bushire, the 29th March 1917.
Prom—M ajor A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Acting Consul-General,
To— Sir Charles Marling, K.C.M.G., C.B, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran.
I have the honour to address you on the subject of the action by the
Kawam-ul-Mulk during a tour which he has recently made in the south of
Laristan, and more especially in connection with its results in the region
known as the “ Shibkuh Ports a coastal district lying west of Lingah
between the ports of Hoghu on the east and Kangun on the west.
In my weekly diaries (Nos. 26 and 27) during the end of June and th©
beginning of July 1916, and in my monthly summary for June 1916, I reported
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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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- 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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