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File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’ [123v] (253/531)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1915-4 Sep 1916. It was written in English and French. 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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Telegram P., No. 31 F., dated (and received) the 12th April 1916.
From— His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
ment, Simla (repeated to Baluchistan, Meshed and Tehran).
Your telegram of the 3rd March, No. 300 D. S.
Thorburn is out with leviefe opposing Baluchi raiders. Blackwell prob
ably arrives in Sistan to assume command cf Hazaras on April 13th.
General Dyer left Kacha Koh April 6 th with expedition against Damanis
and expects to be at Galugan about April 27th. If this expedition succeeds
it will, I think, be perfectly safe for Dyer to march on Bam and Kerman
where he may arrive before Sykes, j
In all probability Svkes will have left Bunder Abbas long before
Thorburn can arrive via Karachi. May he, therefore, accompany Dyer as far
as Bam at any rate and either continue to Kerman where his Consular
experience will*be of great service or try to join Sykes from Bam ? If desired,
he could take a contingent of levies from here.
Telegram P., No. 33 F., dated (and received) the 14th April 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated to Baluchistan, Meshed and Tehran).
At sunset A'pril 6 th, Juma Jehil with Baluch lashkar of 300 or 400
Ismailzais and Haji Gulab with some Afghan Gurgich suddenly appeared at
Gerageh, 12 miles from Dehaneh Baghi.
At midniuht they proceeded northward and began to round up Sistani
flocks which were collected at a spot 50 miles west of Girdi and 60 miles south
of Neh. The first contingent started homeward on about April 11th with
45 flocks. Our Sipeh, Girdi and Nasratabad detachments are endeavouring to
encounter hand. At Sipeh we have 100 infantry (and?) 150 camel
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
levies and at Girdi one troop of cavalry and perhaps 80 levies. Forty infantry
have also gone out from Kobat.
Juma Jehil, like Mir Jehind, refused to meet Dyer at Kacha Koh, while
Haji Gulab actually guided a German into Chakhansur last month. Our Sipeh
contingent on morning of 12th was close to enemy. Later news has not yet
come in.
Telegram P., No. 34 F., dated the 13th—14th (received 14th) April 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Fahreh Telegraph Ghulams, who had deserted to Germans, now write to
Inspector of 7th Sub-Section, Dehaneh, asking to be taken back into employ.
Levies, they say, are deserting Germans who have been ordered back to
Kermanshah.
If Inspector can employ fresh men, I think he should do so, but I don’t
know whether this is possible. All the past service of these deserters at any
rate should be forfeited.
Ali Shah, subsidised line guard headman, who is anxious to get himself
styled a Persian official, should also be prevented from returning to &ipeh.
Officer Commanding has been advised by me to confiscate his crops, ihere is
no difficulty in settling another tribe at Sipck and tkeie should be peace there
under new police arrangements.
L
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The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other employees of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, and other British subjects.
The papers also concern: the arrested British men being deported to Borazjun [Borazjan, also spelled Borasgun in the volume] with their wives and families, from where the female members of the group were sent to Bushire, and most of the men were moved to the neighbourhood of Ahram, where they were held prisoners of the Tangistani Khans and the German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss; negotiations for the release of the prisoners, including the possibility of the release of captured German or Austrian or Tangistani prisoners in exchange for the release of the British prisoners; the release of all the Ahram prisoners except Major O’Connor on 10 August 1916, and the subsequent release of Major O’Connor on 20 August 1916.
The main correspondents include: 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. ; the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; Jess Christmas (whose husband, an official of the Indo European Telegraph Department, was one of the British subjects being held captive); and Livingstone Zeytoon and Company, Manchester.
The papers consist of correspondence and 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. Political and Secret Department minute papers.
The file includes three documents in French: a note verbale from the French Ambassador to London, Paul Cambon, 6 February 1916; a telegram from Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of France, to Cambon, 4 February 1916; and a note from the German Minister in Athens to the Greek Government, February 1916.
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.
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- 1 volume (260 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 334 (Pt 1 German War - Persia, and Pt 2 Persia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/582-583. The volumes are divided into two 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 262; 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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- File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 33r:56v, 58r:91v, 94r:116v, 117ar:117av, 117r:157v, 160r:166v, 167ar, 167r:175v, 178r:201v, 204r:211v, 215r:217v, 220r:229v, 231r:237v, 242r:243v, 249r:254v, 255v:261v, back-i
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