File 1110/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: SITUATION (JAN-APL 1916). Miscellaneous' [92r] (188/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 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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(61691)
IMPERIAL BANK OF PEESIA,
ABCHURCH LANE,
LCNION, E.C.
31st ivlarcn,
1916.
Dear Mr. Oliphant:-
It may interest you to see the two papers
which I enclose, viz.
1. Copy of an account of the looting of our
Bank at Yezd.
copy of a letter from our Manager at
Bushire, dated 27th February, giving news of our
Branch at Shiraz.
Now that Isfahan has been occupied by the
Russians, Mr. wood has directed the Bank officials
to return there with the British Consul, and to
report on the position. We shall therefore be
faced very shortly with the question of re-opening
this important branch, and I need hardly say that it
will greatly help us to arrive at a decision if we
can receive from Government a reply to our appeal
for assistance. Isfahan, as you know, is the place
where our losses are likely to be the greatest,
though we still have hopes that the Reserve Notes
may not have been ma.de away with.
Believe me, etc.,
(Signed) H. S. Barnes.
L. Oliphant, Esq.,
Foreign Office.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the situation in Persia from January to April 1916. Topics discussed include:
- Finances of Bushire administration
- Germans at Kerman
- Insecure position of Farman Farma as Prime Minister.
- German movements and the suicide of the German military attaché
- The recall of the Persian Minister to Berlin
- The financial difficulties of the Governor of Bushire
- Persian nationalist publications in Berlin
- Russian occupation of Ispahan
- Recall of Persian Minister in Paris
- Attitude of Bakhtiaris
- Russian advance towards Baghdad
- The looting of the Imperial Bank's branches at Yezd and Shiraz
- The murder of the British agent at Lingah, his two brothers and two sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of Vice-Consulate escort
- A report from the military attaché, Tehran, on Russian operations and General Baratoff's advance to Khanikin.
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 (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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- Title
- File 1110/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: SITUATION (JAN-APL 1916). Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 92r:97v, 99r:101v, 150r:150v
- Author
- British Bank of Iran and the Middle East xx Imperial Bank of Persia xx Imperial Bank of Iran
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