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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [345r] (694/804)
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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319
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 9989, dated the 15th September 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 78286, dated the 12th September 1916.
From—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla,
To-H 1 )
The General Officer
(2) The General Officer
Commanding, Sistan, Khwash.
Commanding, 4th (Quetta) Division, Quetta.
With reference to your telegram 1152-A., dated 10th September. Please
refer to my 75775 of 1st September. It is presumed that only Voigt is being
brought back and Indian prisoners are being kept at Nasratabad.
Ensure that your arrangements are sufficient to prevent Voigt being
rescued.
This telegram, repeated General Officer Commanding, 4th (Quetta)
Division, Quetta, is addressed to General Officer Commanding, Sistan.
320
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 10060, dated the 16th September
1916.)
Telegram P., No. 223, dated (and received) the 13th September 1916.
From—The Officer Commanding, Kerman,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
There appears to be an improvement in situation at Sirjan. About 400
levies have been collected by Merrill. Wagstaff was reported to be at
Mebdiabad on 9th September, and on same day Eraser was reported to be
seven Farsakh from Sirjan having safely crossed the passes. Prisoners are said
to have only 150 men and reported to be still at Balvard. This telegram,
repeated to Sir P. Sykes, is addressed to Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
322
Telegram P., No. 105, dated the 16th (received 17th) September 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
My telegram No. 98. Last news from Merrill is dated September 8th
and from Commander of Column September 6th. According to credible Persian
reports, Column has arrived safely near Sirjan town. According to an improb
able rumour Merrill has been assassinated. Last news of Wagstaff is that he
was baiting at Mahdiabad, 6 miles from Balward, about 9th September. My
telegram 104, Kuh Khajui is inaccessible high mountain which is a favourite
resort of rebels. Impossible for us to close roads from it to Ears.
My telegram 92. Ghunj Ali Khan supplied a temporary escort to
Wagstaff, but so far has sent me no reply.
Addressed Cox; repeated Tehran and Sykes.
323
Telegram P., No. 106, dated the 16th (received 18tb) September 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Wagstaff reports from Sirjan, on September 12th, that prisoners fled from
that district on night of September 8th—9th, and a believed to have gone
with rescuers to Darab. He persued them till September 11th without
success.
An opportunity for proving bis friendship and good faith seems to be
offered here to Kawam.
Addressed Cox; repeated Gough, Bunder Abbas, Tehran, Sistan and
Dyer.
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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)'
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- 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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