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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [‎394v] (805/880)

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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ammunition and money, and if possible a few small guns . . . .
Formation of Military Police appears to me to be of secondary
importance. It must necessarily take too long to be of any
immediate use ”
This was the course actually taken. Money, ammunition, rifles and
guns were supplied to Kawarn. But the military operations proper, as I
understand the position, were over before the South Persia Military Police
began to take shape. This is shown by the following telegrams :—
(g) From Sir P. Sykes to Government of India, 9th April 1916.
“ Total collapse of Germans and rebels will presumably render further
support to Kawam unnecessary. I suggest therefore that I should
march police recruits to Kerman and organise force there. Bequest
I may be given escort similar to that asked for in nw telegram
30 C, dated 6th April, and strongly recommended by Minister at
Tehran in his telegram 46 F, dated 8th April. It is most desirable
to avoid risk and be independent of recruits with only few weeks’
training, unfit to defend arms and ammunition. 1 have already
recruited 300 men.”
What active support Sir P. Sykes hoped to be able to give Kawam was
apparently intended to come from an escort of Indian troops, for the
Government of India, in sending the above telegram on, said :—“ Telegram
“ 12th April 1916. We agree that Sykes should move forward as soon
“ as possible, and for this purpose we have asked General Officer Com-
“ manding, Force D, to despatch if possible at once to Bunder Abbas one
“ Squadron Cavalry, one Section Mountain Guns, two Companies Infantry,
“ one of which will replace present detachment from Maskat. Whether
Sykes should move to join Kawam or Farman Farma, or proceed to
“ Kerman, must depend on developments of Persian situation.”
(h) From Deputy 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Government of India,
10th April 1916.
u • • • • Following news received from variety of sources
appears to confirm news that Shiraz has been occupied on behalf
of Soidet and Kawam.”
13. It was at this period that we asked the Treasury, and they agreed, to
pay half the cost of the South Persia Military Police. Our action seems to
me to have been very appropriate.
14. if this view be confirmed, as I imagine it will be, by the Secretary of
State in Council, the further question remains, whether the character of the
opei ations in which the South Persia klilitary Police (or South Persia Rifles)
have been engaged since April 1916, and the nature of its organisation,
ha^o been such as to render the bargain we then made with the Treasury
an illegal or unfair one, as the Comptroller and Auditor-General suggests.
On the information before me m these files I personally do not think so.
Jo. I he Government of India say in their present telegram that such
local tioops as Sir Percy S t ykes was able to raise “were employed during
^ le P as ( year mainly in connection with military operations, and that our
<< GG nec ^ on w ith force has been transferred on our side to Commander-in-
;hiel and to Army Department.” They also point to the present military
organisation of the force. The question of the extent to which the
opeiations of the force have been “military operations" in any of the
accepted senses of the term is, I think, very arguable. The “ military
operations for dealing with the German parties and the Gendarmerie
ie Demon veie apparently carried out, as we have seen, by the forces under
\ayam and Soulet, by the Seistan field Force (including the irregular
ewes), and (possibly) by some of the Indian troops landed at Bunder Abbas ;
not by the South Persia Military Police. So far as the South Persia Rifles

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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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