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File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation' [‎97r] (200/600)

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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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tending the organisation,training,and disciplining of
the recruits than would otherwise have been necessary.
It was obviously of the first importance that, nothing
given a satisfactory start.Questions of pay, romotlon
of Persian N.C.O’s and officers^fand of discipline xani
could only be dealt with by an officer with
a long experience of Persia,if the seeds of future tro-
on Kerman,and (c) stay of force at under Abbas during
the hot weather had to be roughed out and demands for
the equipment required for these eventualities made on
India.As a general rule,there was so much urgent cur
rent work that it was difficult to obtain time for the
deliberate consideration of the more extensive plans,
of a, the.
the preparation of <rt budget, and/scheme for
of the South ersia Military Police,regarded as a per-
I manent force..ly own work, esi ecially as regards finance
and supply,begari to fall into arrears.
staff required at this period,exclusive of the Inspect
or General,was 1 General Staff Officer,$ Assistant-Qu-
arternaster-General, S junior political officer! who couli
oT stores and disembarkation duties,and 2 officers for
the Persian recruits,of whom 300 were enlisted by the
ical officer was most necessary: serious loss of worki
front, stc/rfifss (Brtfts?t J /ti Jt'onJ
ing time^among the staff^/commenced almost at once.Fort-
unately / the Consulate assistant surgeon was yggfqyx
should be done to o
ffend Persian feeling and^/the force s?iou?d,
i-elations with Indian staff.
uble were not to be sown.
Plans for ‘‘a move on Shiraz, (b) a move
Looking back,I consider that the minimum
also have done coding and decoding], 1 officer for charge
middle of April.Total,b.In actual fact we had 3.A med

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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:

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.

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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