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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [281v] (567/804)
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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184
No. 10705—35-8, doted Basrah, the 10th (received 31st) October 1016.
Endorsed by Chief Political Officer, Basrah.
Copies* forwarded for information to the Secretary to the Government of
India in the Foreign and Political Department.
* Telegram P., from His Majesty's Consul, Kerman, to the Hon'ble 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.
, Basrah, No. 190, dated 17th October 1916.
Telegram, from the Hon'ble 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.
, Basrah, to His
Majesty's Consul, Bunder Abbas, No. 5373, dated 18th October 19 L6.
Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram P., No. 190, dated the 17th (received 18th) October 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
To—The Hon'ble 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.
, Basrah.
Addressed Basrah and Bander Abbas and repeated Tehran for informa
tion.
Please see your telegram, No. 4478. With the escort, proceeding to meet
Skrine, I am sending down Mirza Kazim, a Persian subject and teacher in
Government School recently convicted here of posting notices in town at
night in name of “ Committee of revenge ” of writing other seditious matter
and inciting hostility against the present regime.
This I am doing with approval of local authorities. Prisoner is being
consigned to Howson who will please instruct Skrine’s escort to bring him to
Bunder Abbas after taking him over at Daulatabad.
If possible, please send instructions to Howson as to how to dispose of
him on arrival.
I am also sending two boxes of ( ) ends, &c.
Enclosure No. 2.
Telegram, No. 5373, dated the 18th October 1916.
From—The Hon'ble 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.
, Basrah,
To—W. R. Howson, Esq., His Majesty's Consul Bunder, Abbas.
t Encioiure No. i. Kerman telegramf 190.
On arrival at Bunder Abbas individual should be sent Basrah under
jeicort.
Addressed Bunder Abbas; repeated Tehran, Kerman.
185
No. 462-C., dated Bushire, the 30th October (received 6th November) 1916 (Confidential).
From— Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., 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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Bushire,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department. I
I have the honour to invite a reference to the concluding paragraph of
my letter No. 257"C., dated 10th July 1916, regarding the murder of Khan
Bahadur Agha Badr,
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, and his brothers at Lingah.
On the 13th October, His Excellency the Darya Begi concluded the trial
of the 11 prisoners whom he had arrested in Liugah last April, and whoso
sentence had been postponed until the release of the Shiraz prisoners.
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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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- 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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