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File 469/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs' [242r] (495/535)
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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Samsam and Baliadur (latter practically acta for hir,
fa.st failLig father
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.
Asaad) who represent one of
the cnief branches of *ohe tribe are now here and '/hen
tentatively sounded as to possibility of closer relations
with us gave very guarded reply and I think it extremely
unlikely although their attitude has bee r L more satisfac
tory for the lant for/ days that they will abandon their
deternina.tion to do nothing in their relations with us
without knowledge and approval of Government. They are
indeed nervously anxious not to be looked on as actively
pro-British ^so much so that they have actually refused
uo accept from ne money required to pay forces for which
Government have asked then to (?desp*tch to)Teheran and
Ispanan and have preferred to fiiid it themselves, rely
ing on my re-imbursing tjiem later ( and then only in the
shape of a loan through Lmperial Bank of Persia) if
Government cannot do so. So long^ ?s these two Khans
a re In this fra me of ni nd it seems to ne to be hopeless
to expect that they would agree to a pact proposed
stipulations ol wliich could not be approved by Govern
ment r
There is even less to be hoped from Khans at Ispa
han r Though I scarcely believe they would take active
steps against us, they would be even less willing than
Samsar and Bahadur to declare themselves openly with us
which they would have of course to do by entering into
negotiations with us, tlie fact could not be kept
secret. They are very much under the Impression of
Germ an boasts of victory, of (group undecipherable
?tneir being) invi^icible, and of local Influence which
Gerr an
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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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