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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [‎394r] (804/880)

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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(b) From Mr. Marling, 12th January 1910.
“ My telegram No 20. Augmentation of Cossack Brigade
i “aintafn 0U m'der 0W -md r ’ 18 , n ° forCe com P eten t to restore and
tun oidei, and I scarcely suppose His Majesty’s Govern-
GendM es^mMG ^ t0 \ **
tienaarines now m iehran under Major Mystrom, and supposed to
be loyal ; it is an experiment which I should hesitate to recommend
e\ en as a temporary measure.
It is clear, however, that our interests demand that some provision
s ion d be made for dealing with South Persia, and I suggest that
: ' ■ '"e should inform Persian Government that, for the
maintenance of order m Southern Persia, where we have pre-
dommatmg interests, we shall demand formation of corps under
British officers or ^instructors as soon as we find it convenient to
(c) From Secretary of State to Viceroy, 14th January 1910.
’ ■ ' Mailing’s telegrams 20 and 31. Cossack Brigade
1 lease telegraph your views with least possible delay. We realise
c acuities, ' Klt ^ptli for restoration of order and to prevent dis
appearance of Hritish influence outside Tehran, similar arrange-
ments under British officers, if practicable, would be desirable.”
(d) From Viceroy to Secretary of State, 19th January 1916.
; • • Yoar telegram of 14th instant. Persia. Cossack
Ju igade.. We entirely agree as to desirability of maintaining-
visible sign of British influence outside Russian sphere, and have
always advocated raising of a force under British officers for that
pm pose. A\ e think Colonel Sir P. Sykes, who is obviously best
qualified, might - be appointed at once to organise and command
a force of Military Police in Seistan, using the Hazaras, who have
already been recruited, as a nucleus, and increasing their number
by local recruitment Such a force, while extremely
useful in the present juncture in Seistan, might gradually extend
its sphere to Kerman, where farther enlistment might be made,
eventually linking up with Bunder Abbas ”
(e) From Government of India to Sir Percy Cox,
17th February 1916.
“ 348 D.S Sykes’s deputation has for its primary object
the raising of a force of Military Police in Southern Persia in order
to maintain visible signs of our influence, and eventually, by
expanding force to Kerman and over Southern Persia generally and
linking up wdth nucleus already existing in Seistan, to provide
machine for restoration of order.”
These telegrams show that the increase of the Cossack Brigade, and the
desirability of balancing this addition to Russian influence in the North,
played a very important part in the institution of the South Persia Military
Police ; but no reference is made by the Comptroller and Auditor-General
to this aspect of the matter. Telegram (d) suggests that Sir Percy Sykes
should begin operations in Seistan and work westwards to Bunder Abbas;
but as events turned out he began recruitment in Bunder Abbas and the
formation of a force in Seistan was dealt w ith by other officers and not by
him.
(f) From Mr. Marling, 23rd February 1916.
112 In my view our immediate mark should be
to support Kawam, and lor this purpose I consider Sykes
should get into touch wich Kawam as soon as possible, and
wherever most convenient, and take with him men, arms.

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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.

Extent and format
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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