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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [370v] (745/804)
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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67
Telegram P., No. 518-F., dated (and received) the 13th August 1910.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
This afternoon the Russian Minister was summoned by Shah and inform
ed that continuance in office of present Cabinet was impossible on account of
its unpopularity and that a new ministry would he formed by Vossugh-ed-
Uowleh.
I am of opinion that we shall find Vossugh-ed-Dowleh far easier to deal
with and quite as friendly as Sipahdar.
Addressed London Foreign Office.
68
Telegram P., No. 49-F., dated (and received) the 14th August 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain, Robat,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated to Tehran, Baluchistan and Meshed).
Hisam has telegraphed under orders from Tehran to the Deputy Gover
nor of Sistan that he is to enlist 300 sowars and send them to Kainat,
Deputy Governor says that he suspects that Persia is mobilising.
69
Telegram R., No. 110, dated the 13th (received 14th) August 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Your telegram No. 524. Cossack brigade has been nominally under
the orders of Persian Minister of War for last few years but is really under the
orders of the Russian Minister and Viceroy of Caucasus. Authority of the
Persian Government will similarly be nominal only over Sykes’ force.
70
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 8275, dated the 14th August 1916.)
Telegram P., No. B. M. 0.-21, dated the 7th (received 10th) August 1916.
From— General Dyer, Kalag, near Gasht,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Reference your 68889 of 31st July. Following is my appreciation of situa
tion:—Gamshadzais and Yarmohzais have taken our money and, after having
made unprovoked assaults on our Line of Communications, broken their
signed pledges; they must, therefore, be heavily punished or cleared out of
the Sarhad. The Yarmohzais have been driven out of their fastnesses in the
Morpish and Gildikoh Ranges, and are reported to have taken refuge under
Dahram Khan of Bampur. I am proceeding against the Gamshadzais to drive
hem out of Safed Koh and bring them to book. As my quarrel is with
Gamshadzais and Yarmohzais, I am in no way interfering with Bahram Khan
and, if he chooses to give refuge to our enemies, I must ask for your further
orders. If the supply question can be settled satisfactorily, I think he will be
easily brought to reason. I do not anticipate that he will take any active
action against me. It is my opinion that Khwash ? (H ?) must not be
evacuated and two more field forts should be made, one at Gusht, the other at
Korin near Galugan, with secondary posts where necessary. As I need to be
constantly on the move, I am much hampered by not being in telegraphic
communications with you. Hence my reason for asking for aerial line to
Ladis as it appears that Mirwera is at times rather far for wireless to act from
Khvash (H Khwash.
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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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- 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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