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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎276v] (557/804)

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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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X strongly rGoommond thsit tins 1)6 pmd 0T6r to K&’W&m cit ohcg nnd that
remaining balance due Gough’s telegram 158 be made good to him in spite of
his recent temporary defection. It would have cost us very much more to
achieve same results ourselves.
27
Telegram R. } No. 1029, dated (and received) the 2]st November 1916.
Irom —Lieutenant-Colonel Sie P. Sykes, K C.I.E., C M.G., Shiraz,
T 0 The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
(Addressed Tehran ; repeated to Chief of the General Staff.;
Would it not be possible to keep me informed regularly of military events
in Northern Persia ? They affect military situation in Southern Persia both
directly and indirectly.
I have received no official information for over a month.
28
{Received with Army Department endorsement No. 1338o, dated the 18th
November 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 375-Cipher, dated the 13th November 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ V,” General Headquarters,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
(Repeated to Director, Military Intelligence, London, and to Egypt.)
Intelligence regarding Persia. Rifles numbering 25,000 have arrived at
Kermanshah for local levies. Wire (dated 9th ?) from Minister, Tehran, to
Baratoff stated Turks were to attack on November 10th in Hamadan area.
It is stated in a report from Sultanabad that Turkish ammunition stocks at
Hamadan are not plentiful. Turks at Hamadan are preparing for the winter
and are erecting grain warehouses. Turkish hospital orderly from Kermanshah
reports at A li-al-Gharbi that at Kermanshah there are 1,500 sick in hospitals
and that this number, probably due to the severe cold at Hamadan, is in
creasing.
Following received by wire from Kennion :—Co-operating with Bakhtiari
contingents of 300 sowars and one gun near Sultanabad there are about 2,000
active hostile Lur tribesmen. Also that with rebel gendarmerie there are one
mountain and one machine gun
300 Kurds plus gendarmerie comprise hostile garrison of Daulatabad.
29
(Received with Army Department Memorandum No. 13385, dated the 18th
v November 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 398-Cipher, dated 14th November 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D,” Basrah,
To—The Chief of the General Staff.
(Repeated Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London.) # .
Reference Chief London 24866-Cipher of 10th. I suggest that, if it is
simply a question of deporting prisoners, they should, as tins can he done saMy,
be evacuated vid Ispahan to Ahwaz. Regarding the opening of a roa “
between Bushire and Shiraz it is possible that when Sykes reachra the latter
place he mav be able to arrange that the tribesmen themselves will do this.

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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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