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File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation' [110r] (226/600)
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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Telegram P., No. SOd-S., dated the 27 th March 1917 .
From—-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—-BEiGADiEB-GBNEnAL Sin P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Shiraz.
Personal. To be decyphered by Sykes alone.
The military situation in South Persia has recently been under discussion between the
War Cabinet and the Government of India.
The latter felt themselves compelled to represent that they considered you had not dis
played the necessary military and administrative qualities required by your present position.
The War Cabinet preferred, however, to retain you provisionally hoping that with recent
additions to your stall you would be able to deal satisfactorily with the situation.
But you must understand that your retention is dependent on the results of further
experience and that you are required to take the advice of experts sent you who will now
include a financial adviser.
The reasons which influenced the Government of India unfavourably were as follows
The Commander-in-Chief considered your distribution of troops on the occasion of the rising at <
Kazerun to have denoted a lack of military judgment and the tone of your telegrams when
reporting this incident indicated a want of balance and calmness. He has also commented
unfavourably on your failure to place the South Persian Bifles on a sound business platform or
to furnish any detailed scheme of organisation though constantly asked to do so.
Furthermore, it is considered that you have disregarded economy and that your estimates
of cost have been excessive. You must realise that expenditure on present scale cannot be
tolerate and that the South Persian Rifles must be launched on lines on which Persian
Government can afford to maintain it. The Government of India have deemed it right to put
the foregoing facts plainly before you in the hope that you will find yourself able to work on
the lines indicated.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/651
- 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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