File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation' [94r] (194/600)
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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After consultation with Col.Scott,Gapt.Durham and
Lieut.Ruck were transferred from Arm# Dept to Foreign
ano. Political i or service with the Soux.h Persia i'ilita
force
ary Police,as the was then called.Both officers
had a good knowledge of Persian,but Lt Ruck had never
been in Persia and Gant Durham only for a short per
iod. They joined at Delhi before the end of February.
A preliminary scheme was drawn up and sub
mitted, after discussion with Mr Grant,the General
otaf f,Adjutant-General,Quarter- -aster-General,Ordnance
and Finance authorities.Sir P.Sykes was pressed to sub
mit this scheme as soon as possible and it was,if I am
not mistaken,drawn up in 4 days.It did not,of course,
pretend to be exhaustive. The great difficultly®- ^ ^
the fact that the mission had two objects viz the elim
ination O.L merman influence from South Persia and the
organisation of a permanent force of 10,000 Persian
/ 71 -
Gen Sarnies under British offleers,and/the constant(and
unavoidable) changes in the instructions received as
regards the first of these objects.This latter diffic-
ulty persisted until/the date of my leaving the miss
ion.
Both General Kirkpatrick and Mr Grant gave us all
information and assistance.A demand for machine guns
Wets rex used, but tne demands ol the field forces were un
doubtedly most urgent at the time.We were allotted two
mountain guns,but no British Artillery offleer.Gapt.Dur
ham had,however.served in the artillery before entering
the Indian Cavalry.
Early in -arch Capt Durham and I proceeded to
Karachi.Capt Durham took over the Indian instructors,
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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.
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- 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.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/651
- Title
- File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation'
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- 93r:99v
- Author
- Blair, Geoffrey Leigh
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