File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents' [57r] (119/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (179 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1916-20 Dec 1916. It was written in English and German. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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Telegram No. 193, dated the 4th (received the 5th) April 1916.
"From—The General Officer Commanding, Sistan,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Time is approaching when Sistan harvest will be reaped and it is necessary to
make fresh contracts for supplies soon. Arrangements made last year failed utterly
in that when I called upon troops to move from Sistan delay entailed in moving
owing to shortage of supplies and transport was to say the least of it dangerous.
I would as k that contracts be made by Supply Officer and that he alone should be
responsible to me. I would urge this point as I can arrive immediately at the reason
for failure to carry out promptly my orders and to fix responsibility. Present
sytem causes friction.
( 2 )
Telegram P., No. 57-S., dated the 14th April 1916.
Fr om The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Sistan.
Serial No. {1) in Persia Series, Part VII.
Please refer to your telegram of 3rd
April, 28-F.
General Officer Commanding recommends that Supply Officer should make
contracts for supplies and that he should alone be responsible to him. Do you
see any objection ? Of course your co-operation would be necessary, but under
proposed arrangement you would doubtless be relieved of a considerable burden.
(3)
Telegram No. 5298-3 (Q. M. G.), dated the 18th April 1916.
From—The General Officer Commanding, 4th (Quetta) Division, Quetta,
To The Quartermaster-General, Simla.
General Officer Commanding Troops, Sistan, has been telegraphing recently
regarding difficulties concerning local contracts out there for providing bAoosa
and barley for horses and camels and he complains that shortages of stocks of these
articles of supply have been hampering his mobility and his plans. Supplies for
men have been sent periodically from Quetta and no difficulties have arisen regard
ing rations for men. In his last telegram he states as follows. Begins. Present
ciwinn regarding grain has arisen from fact that gram has not been obtainable
in sufficient quantities to enable stocks to be collected for the movement of troops.
The Consul Sistan insisted that the matter of contracts should be pub unreservedly
^ his bonds and be permitted no interference whatever, otherwise he refused to
deal w th the mat J at all. The position therefore should be clearly defined
before the next contracts are entered upon. Consul refuses to permit rates to be
raised bevond a certain point. Ends. Gram and forage in considerable amounts
have been despatched from Quetta to Robat to meet urgent demands and to make
un shortages in these items due to partial failure of contracts made last year by
aL qn This has added greatly to our camel difficulties and approximate-
Consu , , five haye t0 p e a aded on to the cost of every maund carried
ly rupee Hobat The new harvest in Sistan is due to be reaped from first
f C Q rhave recently Jormed General Dyer that it is quite impossible to con- !
v* ^ qiitvoIv further consignments of bhoosa or barley from Quetta and it
tmue to a most wasteful arrangement and the thousands of camels
appears o forthcoming. I consider it absolutely essential that some
necessary ai e . ^ b telegraph which wall facilitate the immediate drawing
ufoTlta contrS in SistanV bhoosa and barley in terms which will be
lleseived on '
1N01A FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter. No. ®
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The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between May and November 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with finding and capturing German, Ottoman and Austrian agents active in Persia and Afghanistan.
The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; War Office Directorate of Military Intelligence; Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province; British Legation, Sistan and Kain; British Consulate General, Meshed; Government of India.
The volume contains a single item in German (ff 149-150), a list of German military personnel active in Persia in February 1916 written by the German Military Attache, Tehran.
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 (179 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3443 (German War/Persia) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/472-477. The volumes are divided into six 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 181; 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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