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File 1110/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: SITUATION Miscellaneous' [80r] (164/276)
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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Telegram P., No. C. 19, dated (and received) the 22nd March 1916.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Bunder Abbas,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi (repeated to Tehran and Sistan).
Please refer to your telegram No. 572 (472 ?) D.-S. I would deprecate
experiment of enlisting Ismailis at present.
104
Telegram P., No. 485 D.-S., dated the 27th March 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department,
To— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Bunder Abbas
(repeated to Basrah, Bushire and Tehran).
Meaning of Trevor’s query is not understood precisely. As regards
recruitment, objection does not attach to your tapping adjacent portions of
Persian Baluchistan as Keyes’ operations on the east would not be affected
thereby.
This is with reference to your telegram No. 0. 14 of 20th March.
105
Telegram P., No. 102 C., dated (and received) the 25th March 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
First report- about 3,000 Ismailis was made in my telegram, dated
February 28th, 17 F. Since then I have heard from Kerman that the 100
Ismailis, whom Agha Farrukh Shah collected, were a cowardly lot. Vice-
Consul, Birjand, wi o has been tryiug to stir up Ismailis in Kainat, reports on
them to similar effect.
This is with reference to your telegram No. 472 D.-S., dated the 21st
March.
Addressed Foreign ; repeated Bunder Abbas.
106
Telegram P., No. 104 C., dated (and received) the 25th March 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan and Kain,
T 0 The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Could honorary military rank be possibly granted to telegraphists at Neh
ad Dehaneh Ba^hi ? Mr. Dormer, who is the Inspector to whom reference is
lade in vour telegram, dated 18th March, No. 1178 D., is unwilling to have
uvthing to do with the levies unless something can be arranged on this score,
f Telegraph Department could have spared his services he would have been
■ansferred to Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Brigadier-General Dyer, whom
have consulted, approves proposal. Until some officer knowing Fersian
acepts command of levies at Dehaneh Baghi, I cannot recall Vice-Consul
Leron to Sistan.
CfcceiyeTon CO 1910^ I
IND1A foreign SECRETARY S 1
Letter. No.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/591
- Title
- 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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