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File 179/1917 ‘Persia: famine relief‘ [130r] (266/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (161 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1916-14 Sep 1918. 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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Telegram from Viceroy, Foreigi and Political Dep*.,
to the Secretary of State for India.
Dated .30 September 1917.
Received 11.30 p.m.
Secret. Shiraz. Your telegram of June 1st.
Gough urges further import to Shiraz of / IpOO tons
flour to supplement local supply which is short.
He reports political effect of last consignment
was very cons' ’ rable n- 1 , that in present situation
repetition of favour would be very valuable. He
estimates cost to Government at 25Q00
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10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
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Proposal has full support of Minister and we
propose to meet demand. Do you approve? le are
prepared to meet moiety of expenditure ^rom Indiaa
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Revenues j as direct connection/ ax Sonin Persian
Rifles and operations in Persia seems doubtful.
Addressed to the Secretary of State for India, xe
and repeated to Teheran, Shiraz, Busuire.
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the famine that affected Persia [Iran] during the First World War (specifically the years 1917 and 1918) and attempts made by British officials in Persia to alleviate the effects of famine. The file includes: reports from British officials of famine conditions in Shiraz (from early 1917), Meshed [Mashhad] (January 1918) and Tehran (February 1918); speculation concerning the impact of British and Indian troops in Persia on food shortages; arrangements for the import of 1,000 tonnes of flour to Shiraz from India; the subsidy of bakers in Shiraz; discussion of how the costs of the relief effort should be split between the British and Indian Governments; food relief at Hamadan, including for Russian soldiers; relief at Ispahan [Isfahan] for Armenian refugees. Much of the correspondence makes clear the ‘valuable political effect that would result from extended relief work carried out under British auspices’ (f 82), that the British Government hoped could be obtained by it being seen to be helping a Persian population affected by famine. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling; the Foreign Office; HM Treasury.
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 (f 4).
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- 1 volume (161 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the 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 163; 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/646
- Title
- File 179/1917 ‘Persia: famine relief‘
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:63v, 64ar:64av, 64r:162v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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