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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎371v] (747/804)

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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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Sweet water canal lias now been extended to^ witliin two miles in rear of
front line trenches at Sannaiyat.
Addressed Chief of the General Staff, Simla; repeated Director, Military
Intelligence, London.
74
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 8280, dated the 14th August 1916.)
Telegram, No. 1231—55-A., dated the 11th (received 12th) August 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D/”, Basrah,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Deference my 1231—51-A. of 31st July. "When does Tangistani prisoner
Zair Hnssain sail from Bombay for Bushire ? (AH other ?) English prisoners
released except O’Connor and this will not be done until Zair Hussain is
handed over. This matter is urgent. If it is more expeditious to send Zair
Hussain to Bushire via Basrah, please do so, but in any case wire the date of
sailing and port of disembarkation.
75
Telegram P., No. 588-C., dated the 11th—12th (received 14th) August 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Nasratahad,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
My telegram of the 11th August, 48-E.
Hormuz and Abdul Aziz were arrested with bombs in their possession and
are primd facie rebels. Will they be court martialled or tried by Civil Court
in India ? If the former, then it appears that they ought, on account of
difficulty of sending witnesses to Quetta, to be tried at Kacha or Sistan.
76
Telegram P., No. 213-P. W., dated (and received) the 14th August 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. in the Political Department,
Poona,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Until receipt of your clear line telegram, August 12th, Government of
Bombay had no information about Zair Hussain. Military authorities are
apparently at fault. Enquiries are now being made. Eollowing from Bushire,
August 12 :— Begins. Telegram, 521-S. from Eoreign Department. Man
referred to is a Tangistani prisoner, No. 9962, Zair Hussain Bin Zair Haidar,
whom military authorities sent down from Basrah to Bombay by mistake in
transport which left Basrah on July 29th. He is presumably with military
authorities in Bombay, hut general head-quarters Basrah apparently cannot
get any answer to their telegrams about him. Ends.
77
Telegram P., No. 527-F., dated the 14th (received 15th) August 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran,
lb—Tl 16 Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Clear the line. Bussian General Officer Commanding has sent Russian
Minister a telegram “ advising partial evacuation of Tehran and Ispahan
and describing situation as serious.
I shall telegraph report of Military Attache who returns to-night.
Sufficient transport to remove British subjects who may wish to leave bas-
been secured by me.
Addressed to Uoreigu Office; repeated to Basrah ?

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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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