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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [171v] (347/804)
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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Telegram R., No 199, dated the 18th (received 19th) March 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Bunder Abbas,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed Shiraz ; repeated Tehran and Bushire,)
Your telegram 57,iMarch 13th. I do not know cost of flour and freight
from Karachi. Expenditure incurred by me on first consignment consisting of
8,390 bags is as follows ••—(1) landing charges Ks. 1,973-8, (2) warehouse charges
Us. 100, (3) cost of full hire of transport to Lar Rs. 69,430, total Rs. 71,504
and annas four. Average rate of krans 227*8 per cent, of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
I am repeating your telegram under reference to Vice-Consul, Lingah
with request to supply necessary information regarding consignment landed,
at Lingah direct to you.
279
Telegram R., No. 496, dated the 19th (received 20th) March 1917.
From— Sir P. Sykes, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Repeated Chief of the General Staff.)
Persian Government formally recognised force on March 16th which was
first anniversary of South Persia Rifles. Minister is arranging terms and
insisting that authority (of ?) Minister of M ar should be purely nominal.
Recognition will lessen difficulties.
280
Telegram P., No. 505, dated the 20th (received 21st) March 1917.
From—S ir P. Sykes, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed Foreign, Chief of General Staff; repeated Tehran and Kerman.)
Doctor Suturias and other Austrian prisoners from Sirjan reached Bunder
Abbas March 16th under escort of Lieutenant Smith of 108th Infantry.
281
Telegram P., No. 108-F., dated the 20th (received 21st) March 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed Foreign Office, London.)
Persian Government have sent me reply dated March 13th respecting
Sykes but without any definition of his powers.
In the note mention is made of the desire of Persian Government after
consultation with Great Britain and Russia to engage instructors of third
power, a matter which has been necessarily deferred on account of war. Note
stipulates that future constitution of force will be discussed by two Govern
ments. It is added in the note that Persian Government understand expense
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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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