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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎258r] (520/804)

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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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Your telegram 154, I have consulted Governor-General on the subject
of Amba Parshadwho poses as Musalman under the name of Sufi.
His Highness considers trial and possible execution would not upset
local opinion.
129
Telegram E., No, 1014, dated the 13fch December 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
(Repeated to Gough, Trevor and Cox.)
Reference Goughs telegram 17-F. of lltb December. Please telegraph
your views with special reference to precedent created, if proposal is sanctioned.
Gough’s proposal^ would apparently involve expenditure of some 4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and there is no guarantee that with bad harvests and war conditions situation
will not recur here and elsewhere in Persia.
130
Telegram R , No 19-F., dated (and received) the 13th 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 Bnshire, Basrah and Tehran )
Armenian employe of Bank arrived two days ago reports Ghazanfar-es-
Sultaneh, Chief of Borasjun, stopped and searched for, but failed to find,
British goods. (Sporting cartridges for myself were subsequently looted by
NAr Mahomet of Dafiki). Ghazanfar-es-Suitaneh informed Armenian that
unless 45,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. deposited by him with Imperial Bank of Persia were
delivered he would continue hostile to English and stop all British goods
and people passing Borasjun and would also censor postage : on the other
hand he said if the money were mid to him he would he perfectly friendly
and assure safe conduct through his country.
In present circumstances I venture to suggest for consideration that
I be empowered to offer him this sum if he will prove his words by deliver
ing Wassmuss to us, and in addition to giving him his 4^,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. (if
that is really sum due to him) promise the advertised reward, of which I do not
know amount.
With Ghazanfar at Borasjun were Wassmuss 2 munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Mirza Ali
Kazeruni and Mahomet Reza Bushiri.
If my suggestion be approved I could convey offer privately to Ghazanfar.
132
Telegram R., No. 1228-C., dated the 13th (received 14th) December 1916.
From— Sir P. Sykes, K.C I.E., C.M.G., Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
' (Addressed Tehran; repeated Chief of the General Staff.)
Your telegram No. 136. Regarding appointments and promotions South
Persia Rifles there should be one nominal Persian authority B for whole Southern
Persia as apart from Ears. Earman Earma might be given this authority but
would not Persian Government resent appointment as pointing to division of
Persia ? If so better have Minister of War as already decided (so I under
stand); hut in this connection should be grateful for copy of agreement referred
to. Until Gendarmerie handed over to me officially and new title sanctioned,
I am making all appointments and promotions pending official Persian sanction
and keeping Earman Earma informed so far as Ears is concerned.

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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.

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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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