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File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation' [4r] (14/600)
The record is made up of 1 volume (295 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 1916-28 Apr 1918. 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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No. 3374—3 (M. W.-3), dated Delhi, the 7th January 1918.
Endorsed by Army Department.
Copy of the following forwarded, for information, to :—
The Foreign and Political Depart
ment.*
The Financial Adviser, Military
Finance.
The Chief of the General Staff.
„ General Officer Commanding,
Bushire.
The Military Accountant General.
„ Central War Controller.
„ Controller of Military Accounts,
4th (Quetta) Division.
•Together with a copy of—
(D Letter No. 1369, dated the 15th July 1917,
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.
, Persian
Gulf, with annexure.
(2) Letter No. 3374—1(M. W.-3), dated the
19th September 1917, from the Director-General
of Military Works-
(3) Letter No. Q.-656, dated the 8th October
1917, from the General Officer Commanding,
Bushire Force.
.TZ
Enclo. 1 to Serial No. 16.
No. 3374—2 (M. W.-3), dated Delhi, the 7th January 1918.
p rom —L ieutenant-Colonel A. Shaiep, Additional Deputy Secretary to the Govern
ment of India, Army Department,
To—The Director-General of Military Works.
I am directed to refer to Government of India, Army Department letter
No. 11992,f dated 23rd October 1916, in
tSerial No. 88, Bushire Series, Part II. which sanction was accorded to the
metalline and re-metalling of certain roads at Bushire, and to state that the
Government of India sanction the maintenance for so long as it is required
for military purposes of a section of the direct road from the Customs House
at Bushire to the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Subzabad, for a length of miles from
the former, i e., up to the point at which it branches off to the telegraph office
at Reshire.
2 The expenditure involved should be treated as part of the charges of
tronns emnloved in Persia and Oman and adjusted in accordance with the
instmctiras laid down in Finance Department letter No. 17-C. W. C„ dated
the 22nd November 1916.
Enclo. 2 to Serial No. 16.
No. 1369, dated Buskire, the 15th July 1917.
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
r p 0 Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
(Already received —vide Serial No. 1.)
Enclo. 3 to Serial No. 16.
No. 3374—1 (M. W.-3), dated Simla, the 19th September 1917.
From—The Director-General of Military Works,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Bushire.
I am directed to state that 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, has
approached the Government of India with regard to the maintenance of certain
roads at Busbire.
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The volume contains papers relating to the situation in the Bushire [Bushehr] hinterland, including Shiraz, in Southern Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to:
- The rebellion in Tangistan.
- Proposed improvements to Bushire roads.
- The deportation to Bushire of the Europeans and Indians arrested at Shiraz.
- The desirability or otherwise of negotiating with the khans of the Bushire hinterland hostile to the British.
- Negotiations by Farman Farma (Governor General of Fars) and Soulet ed Dowlah (the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the Kashgai tribe) with hostile khans.
- Surprise attacks made on the Southern Persia Rifles [South Persia Rifles] at Kazerun and Dashtarjin.
- The question of whether to appoint a General Officer to take over command of operations in Southern Persia from Sir Percy Sykes, or whether to leave Sykes in control of the Indian troops in Fars and the Southern Persia Rifles, provided that there would be attached to him a military officer of field rank experienced in tribal warfare, to whom Sykes would delegate military operations and executive command in the field.
- Measures for keeping the trade routes between Bushire and Shiraz open.
The papers mainly consist of 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. Minute Papers, 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. internal correspondence, and the following correspondence:
- Correspondence between the 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. and the Foreign Office.
- Copies of Foreign Office correspondence with Sir Charles Murray Marling, H M Minister Tehran, and other correspondents, sent to the 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. .
- Correspondence between the 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. and the War Office.
- Correspondence between the 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. and the Government of India, and copies of Government of India Foreign and Political Department, Marine Department, and Army Department correspondence sent to the 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. .
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (295 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 464 (Persia: Bushire hinterland) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/650-651. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 3 comprising one volume, and part 2 comprising the second volume.
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 297; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
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- Title
- File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:34v, 41r:92v, 100r:104v, 106v:144v, 145v:159v, 162r:230v, 237r:237v, 240r:247v, 249r:253v, 255v:296v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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