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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [256r] (516/804)
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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118
(Received with Army Department memorandum Do. 14296, dated 7th
December 1916 )
Telegram P., No. 385-S. C. } dated the 3rd December 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Sistan,
To—The Chief of the General Staff.
(Repeated General Officer Commanding, Quetta, Consul, Sistan,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Chagai.)
Reported by spy that he heard at Kalaikang that 4 Germans left Kabul
without permission and Afghan authorities in order to arrest them are search
ing for them. Also that 3 men having appearance of Gurkhas were at Pusti-
Koh as prisoners and sent to Herat.
117
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 14298, dated the 7th
December 1916.)
Telegram R., No. 95416, dated the 1st December 1916.
From—The Chief of the General Staff,
To— Sir Percy Sykes, Shiraz.
(Repeated to General Officer Commanding, Force “ D, ” Basrah.)
Your telegram No. 1100-G., dated 29th November.
Instructors will be despatched by the next ship which leaves Karachi on
12th December.
Cavalry reinforcements should be detained at Ahwaz pending arrival
of the instructors otherwise some time may elapse before another suitable
opportunity occurs to send up these instructors.
118
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 14298, dated the 7th
December 1916.)
Telegram No. 1149-C., dated 4th December 1916.
From—The South Persian Rifles, Shiraz,
To—The Chief of the General Staff,
1st December, 95416. Please send Bunder Abbas instructors whence
should be forwarded with stores, etc., via Lar under escort arrangements
completed with Kavam. South Persian Rifles escort to boundary of Pars from
Bunder Abbas, South Persian Rifles and Kawam’s Escort thence to Shiraz.
Please despatch immediately cavalry from Ahwaz if longer delayed risky owing
to possibility of closing road.
119
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 14298, dated the 7th
December 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 761-Cipher, dated 4th December 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D, 33 Basrah,
To—The Chief of the General Staff.
(Repeated Sir P. Sykes, Political ? Communications, Basrah.)
Departure reinforcements should not be delayed beyond December 10th
owing to climatic conditions inadvisable therefore to detain portion (reinforce
ments ?) can provide political reinforcements, Persian speaking officers to
accompany instructors under independent escort. Is this sufficient ?
Please telegraph early giving number of instructors.
This refers to Communications, No. 592 (N. T. W. £.)
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
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- Title
- File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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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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