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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [377r] (758/804)
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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The late Governor of Luristan, Kizam-us-Sultaneh, who is now of
no importance.
<.• i th ^ hG with whom I hope soon to establish touch, and who are
anti- Turkish.
The latest information regarding the progress of the Persian Military
Police will doubtless be given you by India.
Addressed Chief, London; repeated Simla, Director of Military Intel
ligence and General Headquarters.
306
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. 7267, dated the 27th July 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 19920 (Cipher), dated the 24th July 1916.
From—The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London,
To—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Simla.
Reference your telegram of July 22nd No. I. G.-3331.
I agree that it is not desirable to move a detachment to Ispahan. Any
other steps in your power to prevent tribes south of Kermanska-Kirind road
interfering with Baratoff should, however, be taken. Please keep me informed
of progress in this respect.
Addressed Basrah; repeated India.
307a
Telegram P., No. 67483, dated the 24th July 1916.
From—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Simla,
To—The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London.
Tour 19657 (Cipher) of 17th July.
Present strength South Persian Military Police as follows :—
Bunder Ahhas. —Persian Cavalry, 15 other ranks ; infantry, 1 officer, 120
other ranks, artillery, 26 other ranks.
Kerman .—Persian ranks; infantry, 1 officer, 159 other ranks: cavalry, 1
officer, 79 other ranks. Additional to above, proceeding to Shiraz 25th July,
infantry, 3 Persian officers. Sykes estimates that in one month the increase
may be 400 infantry, 50 artillery and 400 cavalry with 100 horses.
British and Indian Staff as follows :—
Bunder Abbas .—British officers 2, Indian officer 1, Indian other ranks
20, Sub-Assistant Surgeon 1.
Kerman .—British officers 4, of whom 1 is medical officer, Indian officer
1, other ranks 9.
Proceeding Shiraz 25th July additional to above, Sir P. Sykes, British
officers 2, one being medical officer; Indian other ranks 1.
The instructional staff at Kerman is being reinforced by 2 Indian officers
and 9 Indian other ranks now proceeding.
In the first instance arms and equipment were supplied sufficient for 450
Persian Infantry and 50 Persian Cavalry. Sir P. Sykes has since demanded
equipment for another 1,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. This extra equip
ment is under supply.
Regarding the practicability of the despatch to Ispahan of a small mixed
force via the Bakktiari country, I am in agreement with telegram No. I, G.-
3331 of July 22nd from General Officer Commanding, Force “D”.
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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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