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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [393r] (802/880)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1914-4 Jun 1928. 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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certain fi Gow P t l' 0 % and Auditor-General quotes
certain te.egiains in March 1916 as showing the immediate obieet of
Sn ercy cvices s Mission and the Force raised by him locally These
telegrams were contemporaneous with our proposal to the Foreign Office as
to the incidence of cost of the Force, so that Sir Richard Gamble is not
ft a the n Im°e" h nAm t0 ^T 8 ^ C °i d hare el " ded observation
at the time hen that proposal was made. But the telegrams he cites do
not really show the object or character of the South Persia Rifles For
facility ot examination i quote the passages to which lie appears to refer :
(1) Telegram f rom Secretary of State to Viceroy, 2nd March 1916.
’ i ’ ’ ‘ ^^ss Mission. In view of differences of opinion
between your Government and Minister at Tehran as to what his
pi unary object should be, War Committee have decided that he
s louici m nrst instance discuss situation fully with Ivawam
: * *. c r 1 r ease ln ( onn °-f character of proposals suggested
xf ooa- °/ lm p er f al general Staff [see my telegram (Military)
m,o. ooOi of to-day] and say that desire of His Majesty’s Govern
ment is to lend all possible support to enable Kawam to recover
Shnaz and clear Germans out of Fars. To that end thev are
prepared to supply him with arms, ammunition and money, and,
1 Of Indian troops from Egypt. fuithei^to send to Bunder
Abbas Force 1 described in my
telegiam 3291 of 12tli 1 ebruary, but only if Sykes considers its
presence there desirable for Kawam’s support For
operations inland His Majesty’s Government will lend a few British
officers, to recruit locally under Kawam’s authority such force as it
nnu be possible to arm His Majesty’s Government
will consider any proposals which Sykes may wish to suggest after
consultation with Kawam, on understanding that we cannot send
regimental troops inland. Sykes should report with least possible
dela} T .
War Committee think German activity can be most effectively met
by counter-activity of similar kind. Apart, therefore, from above
operations, which are dependent on nature of Sykes’s report, they
wish recruitment of Irregular Force in Seistan proceeded with at
once. They consider that such force, led by active and enter
prising officers, and 'stiffened by cavalry now there, could take
offensive in detachments and hunt down German parties.
“ Please suggest names of officers and I will ask War Office for release
of any under them. Could not employes of Indo-European
Telegraph Department and Imperial Bank he used tor this
purpose, and younger civil political officers with some military
experience? . . . .”
It will be seen that this telegram deals with four forces,—
(i) The Kawam’s men.
(ii) The Indian troops proposed to be sent from Egypt for Bunder
Abbas.
(iii) Local force proposed to be recruited under Kawam’s authority.
(iv) Irregular Force in Seistan.
No reference is made to the South Persia Military Police.
(2) Telegram from Secretary of Stale to Viceroy, 31st March 1916.
“ My telegram 2nd March. Persia. 1 shall be glad to
learn Sykes’s views as to requirements and possibilities at Bunder
Abbas, and also what action has been taken, or is proposed,
„ • C( . a-mr-o nv 011 second and third para-
2 ? Such as S.P.M.P. would become. , c , t -
graphs oi my telegram. It
will be borne in mind that what War Committee desire now is not
a highly-trained force for eventual restoration of order, 2 but
earliest possible action against German parties and rebels.
1
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The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers.
The papers mainly consist of correspondence between 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. and the following: the Foreign Office, the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and the Treasury; as well as 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, Reference Papers, and other 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. papers and notes.
The volume mostly concerns diplomatic and consular expenditure, specifically: the question of revising the existing arrangements under which, following the recommendations of the Welby Commission of 1900, the cost of this expenditure in Persia had been shared roughly equally between the Indian and Imperial Revenues (between the Indian Political Department and the Foreign Office); the proposals of the Foreign Office that Indian Political Department posts in Persia should be transferred to the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, and thus come under the responsibility of the Foreign Office, with the Government of India paying a yearly contribution towards the posts; and the objections of the Government of India to the Foreign Office’s proposals.
The volume also includes papers regarding: the cost of troops from the Indian Establishment employed in Oman and Persia during the First World War; and the projected contribution from Indian Revenues of a moiety of a loan of £2,000,000 to the Persian Government under the ‘Curzon Agreement’ [Anglo-Persian Agreement] of 1919. In addition, it includes some papers relating to expenditure on diplomatic and consular establishments in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , Muscat and China, as well as Persia.
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.
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- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 3839 (Part 1, Persia, and Part 2, China) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/626-627. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 430; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:36v, 37v:54v, 55v:101v, 105r:118v, 120r:124v, 127r:129v, 135r:135v, 139r:160v, 162r:416v, 417ar:417av, 417r:431v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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