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No. H.-651, dated Delhi, the 26th January 1916.
From Major A. H. 0. Spence, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India,
Army Department,
To—The Director-General of Ordnance in India.
In continuation of Army Department letter No. H.-9176, dated 16tli No
vember 1915, I am directed to convey the sanction of the Government of India
to the issue of 50 additional rifles, M. L. E, Mark I*, with bayonets and
equipment and 100 rounds of small arm ammunition per rifle to His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, for the use of the Hazara levies
serving under the orders of that officer.
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Telegram P., No. 3D922, dated the 24th January 1916.
From—The Chief of the General Staff,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ T>* } Basrah.
Keference your I. G.-1986, dated January 22nd.
Please refer to telegram 185 of 21st instant from Bushire and repeated to
Sir Percy Cox and also telegram 248-D. S. of 18th instant to Bushire from
Poreign and P ditical Department and repeated to Sir P. Cox.
Have you in consultation with Sir P. Cox fully considered the rival claims
of Qavvam and Bin Sand.
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No. 123-W., dated Delhi, the 28th January 1916 ^Confidential).
From—The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department,
To—The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z Cox, K.C.SL, K.C.I.E, Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In continuation of the correspondence ending with the endorsement from
the Government of India in the Eoreign and Political Department, No. 2097-W.
(Confidential), dated the 28th October 1915, I am directed to inform you that
the Government of India have decided that Haji Ali a Germani ” should he
detained in the Prisorers of War Camp at Thayetmyo, and that necessary
arrangements are being made for his transfer to that Camp.
2. A copy of this letter is being sent to 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. at
Bushire.
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Telegram P., No. 10-F., dated the 27th (received 28th) January 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
Please see Meshed telegram No. 4-E. and Tehran telegram No. 3-F. The
fact cannot be contested that it may be desirable and inevitable that Shaukat
should be removed from Birjand. In view, however, of the fact that Colonel
Guschin’s report is based on a letter which we have not seen I think it
most unfortunate that His Majesty’s Minister’s notice of one month (com
mencing from January 12th) in which the Governor should mend his ways
should be superseded by an order of instant dismissal. It is not my belief
that Governor has bought the estate in Afghanistan and house at Kabul
recently. He has possessed a hereditary estate in Herat always. That Gover
nor has sent two couriers to Herat is untrue. Mistake made in. Meshed Diary
No. 51 on this point has been corrected in my Diary No. 1 With full know
ledge and approval of British Consulate Governor certainly sent courier. to
Kerman last autumn. That he should wish to acquire reliable information
about condition in adjacent provinces is not unreasonable. Governor knows
that he has reputation of being pro-British and he has without doubt in order