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File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [397r] (798/804)
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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tow, and both ships proceeded to Chiru arriving there at 2-30 p. m. Shaikh
m ® n } a ^ d aud occu P ied the village without resistance.
Jbrahiin nominated his son to be Shaikh of Chim and Hinderabi Island
on his behalf, and the two ships returned to Mogam on the 3rd July.
T he next day (4th) both ships left Mogam for Shiwuh each with a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
m tow full of Shaikh Ibrahim s men, and arrived there in the afternoon. The
village was deserted, and Shaikh Ibrahim tried to effect a landing. He was
owever, unable to do so as his men when nearing the shore came under
a gallmg fire from men concealed in some low hills a short distance behind the
village. Some of the landing party were wounded and H. M. S. “ Bramble ”
stood m to help the party to get off and opened fire on the snipers. It was,
however, almost impossible to locate them and the fire was not very effective.
Eventually the landing party got off again with the loss of a few men killed
and several wounded, the latter being treated on board H. M. S. “Bramble
Commodore who was now on his way back from Maskat in H M. S
Juno was apprised of the failure of the landing at Shiwuh, and arrived
there cm the afternoon of the 5th. He interviewed the Darya Begi and Shaikh
Ibrahim early on the 6tb, and both of them stated that a further attempt to
and would be useless, as for the present Shaikh Ibrahim would not be able to
hold the place. His Excellency therefore asked the Commodore to destroy the
town by gunfire and also to demolish the dhows drawn up on the beach This
wa S> successfully accomplished. The town was of course deserted; the Darya
Begi and Shaikh Ibrahim declared that the dhows were the personal property
of the Shaikh of Gaobandi, and it was therefore a suitable punishment tx>
him to destroy them.
Except for the contretemps at Shiwuh the whole plan made by His
Excellency the Darya Begi was successfully carried out with very little blood
shed, and the prestige of the Governor of the Gulf Ports and consequently of
Government, considerably enhanced. The Shaikhs of Asalu and
• a ^i Eidakhun, Kangun and Chiru, who assisted the Eingah murderers
m defiance of the Darya Begi’s orders, were removed and persons approved
b y ^ Dar y a Vegi and ourselves installed. Shiwuh has been destroyed and
should the Shaikh of Gaobandi under whom it is attempt to rebuild it, the
Darya Begi will take an opportunity to remove him and instal the Shaikh of
Jialat, if he is then in a position to hold it, or if not some one else.
It is to be hoped that this punishment will be a lesson to other Shaikhs.
As soon as the question of the Shiraz prisoners is settled, the matter of punish
ing the participants in the murder of Khan Bahadur Agha Badr now in
confinement will be taken up, and efforts will be made to secure the
apprehension of the other murderers who are still at large.
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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.
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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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- 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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