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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [221r] (446/804)
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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Begins. Kawam s account. Minister wires Foreign Office is disposed to
autnorise payment of ^ Kawam’s account and advance of 8,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for
Banarlu expedition (in all 214,78V
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
) but he is doubtful of propriety of
asking Eoregn Office to pay 30,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
advanced by me in accordance
with Government of India’s telegram No. 971-lS., dated December 5 th, and
20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
advanced on my guarantee (vide your telegram No. 6463
dated November 30th.)
Will Government of India get rid of these two amounts ? If so it will
reduce Foreign Office payment by 50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
I would suggest that Foreign Office pay whole bill and settle with
Government of India later. Ends.
Will Government of India be pleased to take up point with His Maiesty’s
Government ?
94
Telegram R., No. 30, dated (and received) the 27th January 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment.
(Addressed Minister, repeated Cox and Bushire.)
Kawam’s accounts. It is urgent that Kawam’s money should be paid
early. If it has been decided that he is to be paid may I draw on you for the
amount and let question as to who is to meet bill be settled afterwards ?
I have been informed by Kawam that German agents and Obeidullah, etc.,
are very active in Eastern Fars and energetic steps have to be taken against
tribes.
95
Telegram P. ; No. 128-S., dated the 28th January 1917.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy (Foreign and Political Department), Delhi,
To—His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, London.
(Repeated to Tehran.)
We strongly recommend Gough being anthorised to make immediate
payment to Kawam as proposed in my telegram of December 30th and instruct
ed to submit detailed accounts to Minister by despatch. He again emphasises
risk of further delay in settling Kawam’s account, especially in view of urgency
for energetic action in Eastern Fars where Kawam reports renewed activity
of Obeidullah and German agents.
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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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