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File 1110/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: SITUATION Miscellaneous' [21r] (46/276)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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other than fair means. As I have done serious damage to Jiand’s crops, hard
ships in the food line will be inevitable. I propose enlisting 150, Rekis,
including Gwgich, 100 Ismailzais, 50 Gamshazas, 100 Yarmahomedzais.
These figures can at present be curtailed if you so wish, but I do not advise
it. No. doubt you realise that as of recent years each man’s hand has been
against the next, the country is a perfect desert though capable of very
considerable and easy development. Actual strength at present is Rekis and
Gwgich 136, Yarmahomedzai 31, Gamshazai 3. Total 180.
Addressed Baluchistan; repeated Chief, General Staff, and Political
Agent, Ghagai.
6
Telegram P., No. 388 C., dated (and received) the 31st May 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Robat,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
Your telegram of May 19th, No. 584 W. Wise and Blackwell only have
joined me. I propose these as Commandant and second-in-command, respec
tively, of Sistan and Kain Bevy Corps. I ask for four more officers, Adjutant,
Quartermaster, and Wing officers. British officers will probably be stationed
at Sistan, Birjand, Neh and Dehaneh Baghi.
Whether Parran and Wickham have started from Nushki yet T do not
know, but I propose to let them join Sarhad Levy Corps under Hutchinson.
Proposed number of men in corps is—
(1) Pour squadrons of camelry ... 461 officers and men.
(2) Three squadrons of cavalry ... 346 „ „
(3) One double company Hazaras ... 230 „ „
(4) Indian instructors, armourer, farrier, 63 men.
etc.
Total ... 1,100 men.
I request permission to enlist in addition, experimentally, one hundred
Baghaluri infantry from Kainat. These men serve in local Persian Army
and can, I believe, provide good material. Their enlistment will popularise
corps in Kainat. If obtainable, I recommend enlisting another double
company of Hazaras for service in Kerman.
General Grover expressed the opinion that the whole police force should
be leavened with this class.
I recommend engaging levies who at present are not engaged for
specified time, for service anywhere in Persia for three years with Indian
conditions, as to continuance of service and pension. At headquarters pay
is as follows :—
Subadar-Major (Hazaras, special case)
Risaldar-Major ...
Risaldar and Subadar
Infantry Jemadar
Mounted Jemadar
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
...
Duffadar
A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry.
...
Infantry Naik
Mounted Naik ... ...
Innfantry
sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
Camel
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
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Horse
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
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Men serving outside Sistan will get three
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
command allowance,
commissioned officer ten
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, also free ration of flour for man and barley
for animals when on command. About two-thirds of the corps will serve
outside Sistan and draw command pay.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on miscellaneous topics relating to Persia, April to June 1916.
The file includes correspondence regarding the following issues:
- The disposal of Germans and Swedes now interned at Tehran
- The Russian advance from Kermanshah
- The enrolment of Tabriz gendarmerie into a Cossack brigade
- Movements of the Russian expeditionary force.
The file contains correspondence between: 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. ; HBM Minister, Tehran; the Viceroy; and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.
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 (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1110 (Persia) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/590-592. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; 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.
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- File 1110/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: SITUATION Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:32v, 33v:49v, 51r:135v, 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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