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File 1110/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia' [111r] (226/354)
The record is made up of 1 volume (173 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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Impossible to give opinion about column at present.
Propose to start cavalry regiment under Farran immediately and require
Captain or Lieutenant for him. Also require junior Major or Captain and
Lieutenant to raise infantry regiment at earliest convenience anyhow more
Indian Instructors as per previous scale. Plan of using Column officers
Instructors a makeshift.
as
Engineer accustomed to making frontier roads and constructing posts
most urgently required. Suggest Captain Britton, R.E., formerly in Kurram
Also please send me two cars (Studebaker if possible) nd Sistan with
store of petrol, oil, tyres, etcetera, on camels. They are urgently required.
98
Telegram R., No. 249 C., dated the 20th (received 21st) June 1916.
From— Brigadier-General Sir P. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. ^
Your telegram No. 102 (302 ?) S. Earran begins immediately raisin^
cavalry (and ?) infantry assisted by officers borrowed from column. Reference
to your telegram No. 233 S. of 30th May. At Shiraz I will require one cavarly
Captain (Harene or Bonton, 4th Cavalry, if available) one Infantry Officer
one Artillery Officer (Captain Gale, 31st Mountain Battery, if available) with
instructional staff as per previous scale. These additional officers and staff
asked for in my telegram 236 C. of June 18th which are required Kerman as
present arrangement only makeshift.
Moreover without Consul from Shiraz to accompany me I will be unable
to accomplish threefold duties of politician, military and police.
Earnestly request that advantage of Lorimer’s escort be taken to send
Consul and both parties’ officers and staff asked for from Bunder Abbas as
after departure July 2nd for Shiraz, it would be difficult to ensure their safe
conduct.
v
99
Telegram P., No. 306 S., dated the 20th June 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Nasratabad (repeated to
Consul-General, Meshed).
Your telegram 411 C., June 15th. On departure of main body of Turco-
German Mission from Kabul it split up according to recent reports into two
parties, one party arriving at Kelat-i-Ghilzai on 11th June and leaving for
Kandahar the following day while Northern party spent fortnight in Besud,
Hazarajat, and intended making similar stay at Maimana. Of ultimate
intentions of mission we have no information hut we must not disregard pos
sibility of their attempting to break through into Persia and precautions for
their interception should in no way be relaxed.
100
(Received with Army Department memorandum No. H. 5304, dated the 20th June 1916.)
Telegram P., No. B. M^. 29, dated the 11th June i916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, Sistan,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Damani and Gamshezai are nomadic tribes who live by robbing caravans.
They quickly dispose of what is obtained in one year, and. it usually is suffi
cient to keep them, alive the following year, hence it cannot be recovered
afterwards. Under the circumstances it is considered by me that the time
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on miscellaneous topics relating to Persia, April to June 1916.
The discussion in the volume includes the following topics:
- Decoration for the Persian Foreign Minister and Farman Farma for his military support of the British
- Turkish advance and defeat on Kermanshah road
- the Russian defeat and withdrawal towards Hamadan
- the Russian advance on and defeat at Khanikin.
The volume 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 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 (173 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.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 175; 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 3 'German War: Persia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:64v, 66r:68r, 70r:92r, 93v:174v, 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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