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File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents' [‎145r] (296/368)

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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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Kerman and the
South Persia
military
Police.
3. and Persian
Baluchistan
and Mekran.
Seistan and
3arhad.
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Sir Percy Sykes was to have started for Kerman
on the 15th May and hoped to arrive at that place about
the 15th June. He had enlisted 300 men within the firtt
month, and the new force appeared to be popular. He is
accompanied to Kerman by an escort of half a battalion,
a squadron and a section of mountain artillery. Aa soon
as possible after his arrival at Kerman it is expected
that Sir Percy Sykes will either go himself or arrange for
a detachment at Shiraz in order to support barman Parma.
The Jar Office has been able to provide 11 junior officers
with Persian experience for the S.P.M.P. Senior
officers will also be needed as the force will presumably
expand to approximately lu,ooo f the figure fixed for the
Persian Cossack Brigade in the North.
The position on the Southern Baluchistan and
Mekran border, which during the intrigues of the German
parties operating eastwards from Bam, was one of anxiety,
has now been improved by an agreement arrived at with the
powerful Chief Bahrain Khan of Persian Baluchistan and
other trans-frontier chieftains. Haids on any large
scale are considered unlikely for some time. An escort
of 200 rifles is being despatched to strengthen the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's escort in Mekran.
The British forces in eastern Persia under
General Dyer consist of
1 Regt.,. Cavalry.
1 Section Mountain artillery.
700 rifles.
6 machine guns.
200 Hazara levies (inhabitants of central
Afghanistan).
630 Sistani levies (plus as many levies as
Gen. Dyer is able to raise in Barhad).
The above force is distributed as shown on the
accompanying map, from Birjand to Muchki Chah,
From Birjand northward through Meshed to
Askhabad, there are Russian detachments which according to
the latest news in our possession total some 1200 sabres
only.

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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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English and German in Latin script
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