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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎146v] (297/804)

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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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List of Enclosures.
•1. Letter from 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. to the Government of
India, No. 221-C., dated the 26th June 1916.
*2. Letter from 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. to the Government of
India, No. 257-C., dated the 10th July 1916.
3. Letter from Kawam-ul-Mulk to 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. , dated
the 18th November 1916.
4„ Letter from 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. to Kawam-ul-Mulk>
No. 551, dated the 15th December 1916.
5. Letter from Kawam-ul-Mulk to His Excellency the Darya Begi,
dated the 14th March 1917.
6. Letter from Kawam-ul-Mulk to His Excellency the Darya Begi, dated
the 20th March 1917.
7. Letter from Shaikh Allak Hammadi to His Excellency the Darya
Begi, dated the 13th March 1917.
8. Letter from Shaikh Ailak Hammadi to His Excellency the Darya
Begi, dated the 17th March 1917.
{Note .—Shaikh Allak addressed similar letters to Major Trevor.)
Sub-Enclosure No. 1.
Translation of a letter from His Excellency Kawam-ul-Mulk, Shiraz, to the Deputy Political
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , No. 639, dated the 16th Muharram 1335 (13th November
1916).
Having an opportunity of expressing my sincere sentiments, I avail my
self of it to enquire after your honoured health, and to forward herewith in
original certain letters that I have received from Shaikh Abdullah, Zabit of
Obeidali, for your careful perusal.
When he himself undertakes to render every service, although, taking it
for granted, some assistance were afforded by his brother in connection with
the escape of the late Khan Bahadur’s murderers from the borders of Obeidali,
for which they are now sorry and have received due punishment, the British
authorities should not consent that, in spite of the old enmity existing between
the families of Hammadi and Obeidali, the island of Hinderabi and Chiru,
which were the borders of Obeidali, and were intrusted to that Shaikh, should
be (now) in the hands of Hammadi and Shaikh Ibrahim interferes in them.
I request you to instruct His Excellency Safdar Darya Begi, the Governor
to give him assurances of showing favour to him.
Sub-Enclosure No.
Copy of a letter from 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, to His Excellency Kawam-ul-
Mulk, No. 551, dated the 15th December 1916,
I trust Your Excellency is enjoying good health.
I have had the honour of receiving your esteemed letter No. 639,f dated
t Sub.Encio.ure No. !. Muliarrara regarding the matter
of Shaikh Abdullah.
On the 16th of August 1916 I had the honour of writing to Your Excel
lency at length about the whole matter of Shaikh Abdullah and other persons
on the coast who had to he punished for assisting the murderers of the late
Khan Bahadur Asha Bedr.
U ° - Sr ■ / -n, 1 " ; ' 'V -
The enquiries made by His Excellency the 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. Darya Begi showed that
in spite of tne letters from the Deputy Governor of Lingah, His Britannic
Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Lingah and from himself instructing the Shaikhs to
apprehend and hand over to justice these miscreants, not only did Shaikh
•Not reprinted.

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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.

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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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