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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [236v] (477/804)
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 P., No. 1077-S., dated the 28th December 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi,"
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain.
Please refer to your telegram of 8th instant, No. 805-C.
Money discovered on prisoners should be confiscated and used for Secret
Service. We cannot consider Voigt’s claim as it must be presumed that it is
German Secret Service money.
195
Telegram No. 216-F, dated (and received) the 28th December 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz,
To—-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
(Addressed Tehran ; repeated Basrah and Cox.)
Your telegram No. 175. Kawam. I am convinced Kawam is to be
trusted so long as we treat him rightly. Last few events have somewhat scared
hi eh but I have restored bis confidence—'with difficulty. I have discussed
with Sykes and Farman Farma policy to be adopted and both agree we must
keep him on our side at any cost as a counterbalance against Soulet.
Latter is much more inclined to side against us than Kawam and if be
actually joins hostile party Kawam’s assistance is practically all we have to
rely on. This has been traditional policy in past and must be our own until
we have a South Persian Bifle force strong enough to render such policy
unnecessary.
Kawam is young and not of strong character and bis actions are ruled by
feelings of the moment and arrest Of Mustaffa Khan made him nervous.
Knowing bis w-eakness I consider we must (1) show no signs of distrust, (2)
supply him with necessary money to carry out bis Babalu campaign, and (3)
pay sum of money due him on bis (claims ?) in regard to which I am sending
further telegram to India.
196
Telegram R., No. 27 (217 ?)-F., dated the 28th (received 29th) December 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
(Repeated to Tehran, Basrah and Bushire.)
Kawam’s money affairs. By payment of £2,782 Kawam’s claim (see my
telegram No. 138-F., November 3rd) has been reduced from 131,801
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
6 krans to 1,213,319 krans. His expenses on sowars and footmen and bis
Indian gunners, etc., for months of Mubarram and Safar amount to about
13,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. His total claims, therefore, against us now come to 131,331
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
9 krans. He owes money to bank as follows:—Tomans 20,000
borrowed in August and September, before my arrival at Shiraz. 20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, vide my telegram No. 131 (?138) above-mentioned. Another 22,000
guaranteed by me, acting on Cox’s instructions dated November 30th. He is
paying interest to bank on 60,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
above at 12 per cent.
In addition I have given him an advance of 30,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in accordance
with your telegram No. 971-S., December 5th.
The only payments we will have to make for him in future are for gunners,
etc., lent to him, as the prisoners have at last been taken over by the Governor-
General and be has dismissed the sowars and footmen employed for guarding
them, and in safeguarding the town.
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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.
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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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- 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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