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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎233v] (471/804)

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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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Bail way, Canal and Boad Map of India =32 miles.
Sheets I, II, and III, one copy each.
Map of Persia, Survey of India, l" = 16 miles.
1 copy each of W. N., N. E., S. W., S., S, E.
Vernacular Maps—
Map of Persia (in Persian), 1.
Map of Part of S. Europe, Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan and Persia,
in Arabic (Published in Bussia) 1.
Map of Tripoli (in Arabic), 1.
Map of the World (in Arabic), 1.
9 German reports and documents.
D. L. B. LORIMEB, Major, I. A.,
Sis Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman.
Kerman ;
The 13th October 1916.
176
{Received with Army Department memorandum Vo. 14952, dated the 2Dt
December 1916.)
Telegram P. ; No. B. M.-1067, dated the ISth December 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Sis tan, Saindak,
To—The General Officer Commanding, 4th (Quetta) Division.
(Repeated Chief of the General Staff and Road Commandant.)
Poll owing information from a spy to Consul, Sistan, who reports that 1
German and 2 Afghans arrived Band-i-Kamal 25th November from Amal of
and are moving in a northerly direction. One German at Kala-i-Kang also
reported leaving via Amalof with the same Guides.
Two Germans accompanied as far as Earah en route to Herat by another
spy who returned. A 3rd who is said to be from Kerman via Amalof joined
these 2 Germans at Farah. The 3 proceeded towards Herat accompanied by
Colonel Fakir Mahomed Khan.
177
Telegram R., No. 1299-C., dated the 25th (received 26th) December 1916.
From— Sir P. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M G.,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment.
(Addressed Tehran; repeated Chief of the General Staff, Basrah and Bushire.)
Column reached Dasht Arjin without opposition December 24th.
Advance party beyond village was fired on.
Farman Farma, Consul and I have arranged that Fath-ul-Mulk officer of
South Persia Bifles to be Military Governor, Kazerun.
He leaves to-morrow and will probably overtake column at Miakotal. We
consider that it is best for column proceed to Kazerun and re-establish order
although there is some risk in this course.

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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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