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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎395v] (795/804)

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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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Telegram R., No. 364 C., dated the 15th (received 16th) July 1916.
From— Brtgadier-Geneeal Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.LE., C.M.G., Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated Chief of the General Staff, Tehran and Bunder
Abbas).
My telegram No. 328 0.
Prisoners left Kerman July 15th under reliable Persian with 20 sowars.
At Sirjan 9 more prisoners will be taken over and escort will be increased
to 30. Neither (?) British officer nor troops could be spared for work and
inadvisable leave prisoner(s ?) Kerman after departure column. Escort due
Daulatabad about August 2nd and will not proceed beyond boundary of
province. Persian escort from Bunder Abbas with or without Withers perhaps
preferable to regular infantry who might not overtake any prisoner who
escaped. Arrangements should be made quickly.
264
Telegram P., No. 415 S., dated the 16th July 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain, Nasratabad.
Your telegram 398 C. of 9th June. Dormer was gazetted to temporary
rank of Lieutenant 11th July. Secretary of State telegraphs that objections to
his receiving military rank and performing duties outside his proper sphere
have been waived.
266
Telegram P., No. I. G. 3268, dated the 13th July 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D ", Basrah,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla,
It is understood that—
(1) 10 or 12 of the gang who recently murdered Kesidency Agent,
Lingah, and his brother and some British Indian sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of his
guard,
(2) 8 deserters from 124th Baluchis,
(3) Wassmuss,
are being harboured at the present moment by the Tangistani Khans with
whom we are about to negotiate for the exchange of prisoners.
It is suggested that the expulsion of Wassmuss from their districts and
the surrender of categories 1 and 2 should also form subject of negotiations.
Addressed Simla ; repeated London.
268
Telegram R., No. 1491, dated the 16th (received 17th) July 1910.
From—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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated to Basrah).
Eollowing from His Majesty’s Consul-General, Ispahan, telegram No. 36,
dated July 15th:— Begins, Your telegram No. 105. Bushire telegram of
June 23rd to Tehran.
July 14th. My Russian colleague at my request arrested Haji Mahomet
Hassan Dawafarosh and a young Skirazi attendant Abdul Hussein both of
whom I personally interrogated.

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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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