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File 469/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs' [46r] (101/535)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 10 May 1915-9 Jul 1920. 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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I 'lalar.iir,
June 30uh.
To
Tne Chief Political Officer, Basrah.
L^iaQran auia llo.T. S.
Hobbery co Eiiifted by ICuh^olus between. I,lalauir and
Clutak on June 4th on a carava^i of hessrs. Lyuca
Brotners coasistiiio of 148 nules carrying piece goods
and tea to Ispahan. 85 loads tanen by robbers.
The portion of tne Lynch road exposed to PCujQ^elu
raids is from Hal amir to Sxialil, a distance wnicn is
usually traversed by caravans in tnree stages. The
methods of guarding this stretch vary from year to year,
and it is pernaps tnis absence of any continuity of
policy which is cniefly responsible for the continued
unsatisfactory conditions ruling on this section of the
road. Some years the Khans entrust the guarding to one
section of tne Kuhgelus and in other years to others,
while on some occasions they tale it out of Kuhgelu hands
entirely and hand it over to their own tribesmen. Eacn
successive Illkhani has his own adherents (bastagan)
to placate and all are, of course, only too anxious to
adopt any expedient wnich promises to save their pockets.
In 1814,
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jang divided tne dangerous section
into two portions. Prom malaair to Bulatak he iianded
over to liiiam ^uli of tne Ba*iuiai aiid from Bulatak to
Shahlil to Murad Khan of the Taibis. nominally 25J
tufangcliis at 6 T each a month were detailed for each
section and to every 50 tufangchis there was supposed
to be a rais on T 30 a month. As the road only requires
Ml,
protection when the III are settled in the high country,
it may be taken that the above arrangements are only in
force from four to five months. On this scale it would
appear
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The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and 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, mostly relating to the situation in the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] territory in Persia [Iran], during the First World War. It includes papers concerning British negotiations with the Bakhtiari khans, and the agreement of February 1917 signed by Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister to Iran, and the principal Bakhtiari khans.
The file also includes papers which relate to relations between the Bakhtiaris and the Russians in Persia, and the payment of £2,500 made to the Bakhtiari khans in December 1915 by Dr Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in connection with the agreement concluded by Young with the Bakhtiari Sardars.
The main correspondents include: 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 Foreign Office; the Chief Political Officer, Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; HM Minister, Tehran; HM Consul, Kerman; HM Consul, Sistan and Kain; and the 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file 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 (260 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 469 (Persia: Bakhtiari affairs) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/652-653. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 260; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/652
- Title
- File 469/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:4v, 7r:15v, 16ar, 16r:71v, 76r:161r, 163r:164v, 166r:204v, 205ar:205av, 205r:260v, ii-r:ii-v, 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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- Open Government Licence