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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [314r] (632/804)
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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Enclosure No. 4.
CO fh /f* letfer f ro ™ 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.
to His Excellency
the Darya Beg,, Governor of the Gulf Ports, Bushire, No. 481, dated the 5th October 1916
I have bad the honour of receiving your esteemed letter* of 3rd Zihejjeh
• Enclosure No. 3 . an d in reply beg to state that we had
a L A 1 4 . 1 x , , , , 80me conversation about this matter on
Safurday last when I had the honour of calling on Tour Excellency. I under
stood that it was then arranged that the question of the road should be left
open until we hear what 18 the result of the recent change of attitude of
K a warn and Soulet who hare recently agreed to allow the Earman Farma to
come to Shiraz My last information is that Farman Farma and Colonel
Gough were to start for Shiraz on the 4th October, that is yesterday.
I should be only too glad to see Your Excellency at anv time if you wish
to call, and suggest to-morrow afternoon about 6 p.m. or an hour before sunset,
if h riday would be suitable to Xour Excellency for paying visits.
99
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 11661, dated the 17th October 1916.1
lelegram P., No. 23843 (Cipher), dated the 14th (received loth) October 1916.
Prom—The Director, Military Intelligence, London,
To—The Commander-in-Chief in India.
Beports, dated 7th September from Switzerland, state that a German
officer just arrived there from Syria said that Mecklenberg with members of
his mission, which was sent to Persia in connection with reorganisation of
Persian Army, is as present at Mosul, and that a considerable" quantity of
rifles and ammunition was taken with him.
Note .—It is uncertain whether this information does not refer to Mecklen-
berg’s first arrival at Mosul.
Addressed Basrah ; repeated India.
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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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