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File 1110/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: SITUATION (JAN-APL 1916). Miscellaneous' [201v] (407/550)
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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Enclo. 9 to Serial No. 140.
Extract from a telegram from Minuter, Tehran, to Major Trevor, Buehire, No. 19, dated the
16th [received 17th) January 1916.
Soulet’s telegram* has never reached the Shah, and Prime Minister is
inclined to doubt its authenticity.
*Note. Vide enclo. No. 1 of Bushire endorsement No. 22-C., dated the 16th January
1916.
Enclo. 10 to Serial No 140.
Telegram (received 18th January 1916).
From— Hts Excellency Qawam-ul-Mulk, Acting Governor-General of Ears, vii
Bunder Abbas,
To The Prime Minister, Tehran, care of British Minister, Tehran.
Without regarding previous telegrams, from the 12th Safar (21st December)
up to now I^have submitted three telegrams to you by way of the line at
Bunder Ahbas, and am awaiting Your Excellency’s reply. A thousand of the
houses of myself and my relatives and dependents have been plundered by
the Gendarmerie, and more than 5 millions (tumans ?) of property carried off,
while the Gendarmes have been placed in the houses.
If a Government military administration commit such acts rebelliously,
and fitting reparation is not made by the Government, and they are not
sufficiently punished, this state of affairs will spread far and wide. Naturally
should I despair of steps being taken by the Government I shall not refrain
from my own retaliation, and as long as there is life in my body I shall strain
every nerve. In that case whatever may be done by (?) in this country,
I should not be blamed for it.
The only fault which they have ascribed to me is this, that I have said
that I was obedient to the orders of the Government: so much and not more.
2nd Rabi I ( 8 th January 1916).
Enclo. 11 to Serial No. 140.
Telegram dated Karachi, the 16th (received Buahire 18th) January 1916.
Flora—His Exclllency GUwam-ul-Mulk, Acting Governor-General of Fars, vii
Bunder Abbas,
To—The Prime Minister, Tehran, care of the British Minister, Tehran.
I submitted a telegram to you from Khafr, and sent it to Bunder Abbas
to be telegraphed. I am sending this telegram from a place 3 farsakhs from
Jahrum, According to news received from the town (Shiraz) after my depar
ture, all my houses and those of my relatives and dependents, who accompany
me about 1,000 houses have been plundered, and more than 10 crores (i.e. 5
million tumans ?) of property carried off.
It is not fitting that after several generations of service to the Government,
they should now bring this down on my head. It is a surprising sort of
constitution.
I am in the neighbourhood of Jahrum and Easa, and shall remain with
the Arab II, and shall not cease to take revenge for myself. If the Govern
ment remembers the services of my grandfathers and myself, it will cause the
necessary steps to be taken against these men. Otherwise, in any case I shall
myself use all my own endeavours, and whatever God has ordained will come
to pass. But, let them not say to-morrow that I have been a traitor to the
Government and country.
27th Safar (4th January 1916).
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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.
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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 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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- Kawam-ul-Mulk
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