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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [92v] (195/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (175 folios). It was created in 17 Nov 1915-18 Feb 1916. It was written in English and French. 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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Officer Commanding has in hand only two months’ supplies of barley for
horses alone. He cannot issue to his camels and although he has been author
ised to hire four hundred mules locally to make his supply arrangements (?) for
force more mobile he finds the barley problem insuperable and therefore cannot
avail himself of sanction given.
It is well known that four or five Persian landholders have in hand large
stocks which they are concealing to some extent with a view to sell later on at
very high rates. Our two Indian (?) contractors are giving just as much trouble
to us.
The Quetta agent of Seth Suleiman informed Divisional Supply Officer
that his firm possessed in Sistan 40,000 maunds barley. Seth Suleiman
himself says that he has 2,000 maunds only.
After the arrival of 40 Hazara
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.
in Neh prices were raised excessively
and grain was concealed with the intention evidently of boycotting our men.
Bhusa was then selling at two krans per 100 pounds. Seth Jawala Singh
bought up the whole stock and is now offering it eight krans per 100 pounds
to Makeig-Jones. Barley, wheat and bhusa are absolutely unobtainable in the
Sistan bazar. Even rural population complain that kadkhudas will not sell
to them.
Humours indicate that riots are likely to occur as a result.
The Deputy Governor and the Revenue Director are quarrelling with
each other as to who should deal with situation and in what manner. It seems
hopeless to get any affective orders from Tehran especially as they would have
to come through the Birjand ofjicials[?).
As the stocks in Kainat are always inadequate our troops in Birjand have
been supplied from Sistan for several weeks past. Can any special measures
be taken against the Indian contractors who copy the Persians in
concealing supplies and if riots become imminent can latter be threatened
by commandeering ?
The peculiarity of the situation is not that prices compared with Indian
rates are excessively high but that holders deny the existence of their stocks
v.hich are buried in pits and can be found only under search backed up by
force.
It is unfortunate that one Indian contractor has no barley while the
other has not much bhusa or wheat. There is therefore no competition
between the two men.
To see if situation will be affected by such operations I have advised
the Officer Commanding to indent on Qretta for 1,001 maunds of barley.
The reserve grain for animals in Kacha Kch is also very low. Grazing for
camels is everywhere scarce. To supplement grazing camels consequently
must have bhusa.
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the Persian protests against violation of their country's neutrality, British and Russian responses to Persian nationalism, and their attempts to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915.
The volume covers:
- Advance of Russian troops on Kashan and Tehran.
- Situation at Kermanshah between August and November 1915.
- Dismissal of Swedish Commandment of Gendarmerie.
- Persian Gendarmerie.
- Arrest of the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane in November 1915.
- German and Turkish interests.
- United States Minister at Tehran's attitude.
- 'Report on the seizure of the Shiraz Colony' (ff 130-132).
- Terms proposed by Khans for release of British prisoners at Shiraz.
- Situation in Bushire.
- British Consulate at Bunder Abbas moved to Kerman.
- Kerman branch of Imperial Bank of Persia reported to have been looted.
- Russian operations on the Caucasian and Persian fronts.
- Report of Vice Consul on the evacuation of Hamadan.
- Prisoners at Bushire and Shiraz.
- Intercepted letter from Wilhelm Wassmuss to Helmuth Listemann, regarding British prisoners at Bushire.
- Events in the provinces.
- Capture of Turkish Ambassador at Tehran by the Russians.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Esme Howard, British Ambassador to Sweden; Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to Italy; Mohtashem-es-Sultaneh, Persian Commissioner on the Turco-Persian Frontier; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Percy Cox, 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Arthur Prescott Trevor, 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; British Consuls at Yazd, Kerman (C T Ducat), Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Batoum (P Stevens), Hamadan (N Patrick Cowan), Shiraz (William Frederick Trevors O'Connor) ; American Minister at Tehran; Arthur Hirtzel, 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. ; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah; Imperial Bank of Persia.
There is a document in French, an ultimatum addressed to the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane. There are newspaper extracts, from Jam-e Jam', Tazineh, Tiflisky Listok, and Hayat.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (175 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 175; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:20v, 21v:57v, 59r:64v, 65ar:65av, 65r:71v, 85r:104v, 110r:128r, 130v:131v, 131ar:131av, 132r, 134r:140v, 142r:147v, 149r:152v, 153v:156v, 156ar:156av, 157r:159v, 161r:162v, 165r:176v, back-i
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