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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [161r] (326/804)
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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Enclo. No. 1.
Telegram R.j No. 4-1, dated the 8th February 19’7.
From—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To —His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz.
(Repeated 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, No. 19.)
I repeated to Foreign Office your telegram 38-F. and they now desire
your views as to the possibility of developing road from Shiraz to Bunder Abbas
or Lingeh for all purposes and thereby dispense with use of Bushire road now
controlled by lawless Khans. 1 await your views on above before deciding
on issues raised in your telegram 45-F.
Bepeated Bushire, whose views are also invited.
Enclo. No. 2.
Telegram R., No 256, dated the 10th February 1917.
From—The Deputy Polidcal Resident, Bushire,
To—The Chief Political Office)', Basrah.
(Repeated His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Bunder Abbas.)
Following from Minister, Tehran, No, 19, dated the 8th February 1917:
Begins. I repeated
* also invited. Ends.
Enclo. No. 3.
Telegram R., No 31-261, dated the 11th February 1917.
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 Majesty Minister, Tehran.
(Repeated Chief Political Officer, Basrah, and His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz.)
Your telegram 19.
Routes to Shiraz from Lingeh and Bunder Abbas can be used temporarily
for post and urgent requirements of Government and South Persia Rifles,
but if it is proposed to divert all Shiraz trade to one of those routes as a per
manency, I doubt feasibility of proposal for following reasons :—
(1) Both routes to Shiraz are about 330 miles, nearly double Kazerun
route. No caravanserais or otner facilities exist, and there is no guarantee
that disturbances will not render both dangerous for trade at any time, in Lar
region and nearer Shiraz. Dislocation following any such disturbance would
be greater than now. It may be noted that Baharius have recently been active
near Bunder Abbas and may be again if Qawam does not succeed in smashing
them.
(2) Transport animals available on Lingeh route are very few, and could
only cope vrith small part of Shiraz trade and other requirements. Bunder
Abbas has insufficient number to undertake supply Shiraz in addition to
Kerman and its other markets. Heavy goods cannot go by donkeys, which are
principally used on both routes. Road from Lingeh to Bastak very difficult.
(3) Trade relations, large stocks on hand in Bushire and shipping arrange
ments could not suddenly be transferred to these other ports where facilities are
insufficient. Persian merchants, i.e., those handling bulk of trade, very conser-
yatiye, and w r ould certainly not abandon their connections with BusEire route,
where they can always count on considerable though still insufficient supply
of transport, despite conditions in coast region.
We shall only see by experience of next few months whether trade
takes to either routes suggested and to what extent. I think it is doubtful
if sufficient trade would leave present routes Bushire-Shiraz to justify Persian
Government ignoring their responsibility for protecting them.
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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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- Title
- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
- Pages
- 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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