Skip to item: of 804
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎215r] (434/804)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

32
- On the cover addressed to Darya Begi is written ‘your report to Shiraz
was intercepted at Kazerun and is there.’ Some little time a^o Farman Farma
called for report on situation from Darya Begi and in it he recommended
crushing at least one of the hostile Khans to intimidate the others. Enemy
have apparently got hold of this. *
Enclo. No. 3 .
Dated the 28th Safar 1335 =24th (received 25th) December 1916.
From—HASSAN Khan bin Ali Khan Tangistani, Chah Arabi,
f f 0 If* Gr- Chick, Esq., etc., etc., Bushire.
^ ^.° s ^te that although I informed you in the letter I forwarded to you
through Eais All that a letter had been received by the Khans from Nasir-i-
Diwan to uhe effect that each of them should send 100 Tufangchis to his help
1 did not write you a letter, as I did not know what reply has been sent«to him
^^ ails * To-day at about sunset Shaikh Hussain came to Isawand
which is close to my village. Muhammad Khan and Agha Khan also came to
Isawand from the other side. ^ One hour after sunset, a man who had been with
them ainyed here and I enquired of him why Shaikh Hussain had gone there.
He replied that Mirza Mohammed Khan had suggested to Shaikh Hussain and
Zair Khidhar that they should assist Nasir-i-Diwan, and that Shaikh Hussain
had gone there as Zair Khidhar’s representative as well as for himself. The
reply he gave was to the effect that Mirza Muhammad Khan and Nur
Muhammad Khan should despatch Tufangchis to Kazerun since he himself and
Zair Khidhar had to check the British advance from Bushire. But Mirza
Muhammad Khan did not agree to this, and said that Tufangchis from Tangis-
tan and Daliki should also proceed to the assistance of the Kazerunis.
As it was necessary that I should inform you of the result of their meeting
at once, I despatched a special messenger. Should I obtain any information
regarding the result of their meeting, I will let you know by an express
messenger.
Enclo. No. 4.
Dated the 29th Safar 1335 =25th (received 28th) December 1916.
From—HASSAN Khan bin Ali Khan Tangistani, Chah Arabi,
To—H. G. Chick, Esq., etc., etc., Busbire.
I beg to state that I wrote in my letter of the 27th that Nasir-i-Diwan
had sent a letter to the Khans, and asked them to send him Tufangchis, and
that they had had a discussion one hour after sunset. This morning an
authoritative report was received that Shaikh Hussain had told Mirza Muham
mad Khan that the Daliki and Borasjuni Tufangchis should be despatched to
Kazerun. Mirza Muhammad Khan did not agree to this. At about midnight
they decided to reply that at this time, when there is no fighting around
Kazerun, there is no need of sending reinforcements there, but that they
will be ready to despatch Tufangchis and ammunition to his help when fight
ing occurs. They sent the above reply to Nasir-i-Diwan by the same messenger
who had brought his letter. But according to what another person told me,
the reason why they did not agree to despatch Tufangchis at this juncture is
that they^ are afraid lest the Bushire route should be closed. At present they
have replied to Nasir-i-Diwan that there is no need to send Tufangchis.
Enclo. No. 5.
Dated the 30th Safar 1335 ( = 26th December 1916).
From —Agha Muhammad Quli, Telegraph Ghulam, Borazjun,
To—H. G. Chick, Esq., etc., etc., Bushire.
News received from Kazemn is as follows :—
Nasir-i-Diwan went to see Salar-i-Nasrat, and on his departure he made
signs to his men to arrest and imprison Salar-i-Nusrat. Directly after this

About this item

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

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎215r] (434/804), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/612, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044323283.0x000023> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100044323283.0x000023">File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [&lrm;215r] (434/804)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100044323283.0x000023">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001fb/IOR_L_PS_10_612_0434.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001fb/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image