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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎212v] (429/804)

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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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Telegram P., No. 14-C., dated (and received) the 1st February 1917.
p' rom —jjis Britannic Majesty J s Consul-General, Khorasan,
The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment.
Arrival of man from Maimena who says Mahendra Pratah recently
crossed the frontier between Andhkui and Maimena is reported by British
Agent, Herat. Russians have been informed. Confirmation of the report
awaited.
Telegram R., No. 45-F., dated (and received) the 8th February 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty^s Consul, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart*
ment.
(Addressed Tehran ; repeated Basrah and Busbire.)
Soulet has sent letters offering to send sufficient force to suppress rebels at
Kazerun and elsewhere on Bushire road.
His conditions are that G oyernor-General should send Ms nephew with
him (Soulet) to Kazerun as Deputy Governor and that we should pay forces
employed and provide guns, rifles, etc. He refuses to take money MmselL
Patman Parma is sending him letter asking him to state a limit of
expenditure time and money.
lam absolutely opposed to giving him guns, rifles etc., demanded, but it
would probably be worth while to accept bis offer if cost is not oo
It would probably mean at least expenditure of 30,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. a month for three
months. There is no doubt he could put down rebels easily enough.
Alternatives are (1) to use our own force, which for various reasons is not
desirable, (2) employ force of Behbehanis or other tribe which would be most
undesirable besides putting Soulet against us definitely and (3) doing no D
which might possibly be very dangerous
I would recommend that I may be permitted to treat with Soulet an
make best terms possible.
Sykes and Governor-General both concur.
Telegram R., No. 23-2, dated the 8th (received 9th) February 1917,
From— Sir P. Sykes, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed Chief of the General Staff ; repeated Kerman and Bunder Abbas.)
Officer Commanding, Kerman, anxious to send four Austrians now at
Sirian to Bunder Abbas. Time favourable as Baharlus busy with Kawam*
Prisoners should he s^nt under escort of 100 Indian Infantry^ and levies o
Bunder Abbas by Tangizagh route where some levies already stationed.
134
Telegram P., No. 47-F., dated the 8th (received 9th) February 1917.
„ From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Shiraz, <
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Pohtica
Department, Delhi.
(Addressed Tehran ; repeated Bushire.)
Kawam’s accounts have now been made up to date. Government of
India in their telegram No. 166 -S., February 3rd, have asked me to pos
detailed accounts to you and India.
ff

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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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