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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [262v] (529/804)
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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2. Pending fall compliance by the Damanis of the signed terms, it will be
necessary to retain at Khwash a garrison of—
One troop cavalry.
Two platoons infantry.
One machine gun section.
3. Until an equivalent number of trained men of another regiment shall
become available, I greatly regret the necessity of retaining the two platoons
of the 106th Hazara Pioneers for duty at Khwash. With the arrival of a
draft of the 19th Punjabis it will, I hope, be possible to arrange for training
at Kacha of two platoons at a time and subsequent release of the remainder of
106th Hazara Pioneers Detachment.
Agreement entered into by the Yar Muhammadsai Damani
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
and
motabirs at Khwash, November 4th, 1916.
1. We, Mirs Jahind, Shah
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
and Nur Muhammad, as
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
and re
presentatives of the Yar Muhammadzai Damanis, being repentant of our evil
deeds committed against the High British and Persian Governments, humbly
crave for pardon and sue for peace.
2. We promise that we and our tribesmen will refrain from raiding, loot
ing and robbing in British and Persian territory for ever, and that we will not
allow evilly disposed persons of other tribes to pass through our country either
when going on raids or returning therefrom, or to take asylum in our country.
3. We undertake to deliver to the British Government 100 rifles from the
whole tribe of Yar Muhammadzais in addition to those already taken by the
British as a fine, and to restore, as soon as we are able to recover them from
the persons in whose possession they now are, the five Government rifles taken
by us.
4. We undertake to go to Paskuh with our families and dependents and
remain there under the protection and orders of Mir Ghulam Kasul, to whom
we have given full authority to act for us, until all the conditions of this
agreement have been fulfilled.
5. Por each family of Yar Muhammadzais that desire to return to its
country before the completion of the terms of this agreement, one rifle shall
be given to the British Representative in Khwash, the rifle thus given by
families to be deducted from the tale (total ?) of 100 rifles.
6. We further promise that there shall be no enmity between us and
the Rekis and Kurds on account of any assistance these two tribes may have
given to the British Government.
Seal of Mir Jihand.
Seal of Shah
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
.
Seal of Nur Muhammad.
Endorsement by Mir Ghulam Kasul, Bazurgzada, Hakim of Sib.
I, Mir Ghulam Rasul, Bazurgzada, Hakim of Sib, hereby undertake(s) to
keep Mirs Jihand, Shah
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
and Nur Muhammad and their families and
dependents in my Ilaqa at Paskuh, and to be responsible for their good
behaviour and the good behaviour of their tribesmen until they shall have paid
a fine of 100 rifles to the High British Government.
Should any of the abovementioned or their tribesmen commit any raiding
or looting in British or Persian territory, I will exact reparation, or, failing
this, will myself make restitution.
Seal of Mir Ghulam Rasul.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/612
- 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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