ملف ٣٥١٦\١٩١٤ الجزء ١٨ "الحرب الألمانية: بلاد فارس؛ الوضع العام - ١٩١٦" [و‎‎٥‎٥] (٣٦٨/١١٨)

Telegram P., No. 38-F., dated (and received) the 21st December 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Robat,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
New is informed by Shaukat that Mujtahids in Birjand have received:—
(1) a long telegram on 13th December from Nationalists at Kum giving
fantastic detailed account of fight which took place near Kum
between Russians and Persians ;
(2) a telegram from Mullahs and members of Majlis at Tehran to the
effect that arrangements for Persia to fight against Turkey have
been made by Shah calling for opinions.
Censorship in Tehran of such telegrams as the first one seems desirable.
Shaukat states that he has suppressed this message.
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Telegram P., No. 551-F., dated the 21st (received 22nd) December 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed to Foreign Office.)
I am arranging in order to satisfy Khans here to send Sardar Bahadur to
Kerman and with assent of Russian Minister Sardar Jang to Ispahan.
Bahadur is ready to take to Kerman 500 men but he has not much ammunition
and he will be as powerless as Sardar Zafara to take action against Germans
unless he is supplied with it.
AV ould Government of India be prepared to provide Bahadur with rifles
and ammunition for these men provided that situation here so developes that
we can count on Bahadur’s loyalty.
I say rifles as well as cartridges because it would be very difficult to
provide ammunition for extremely miscellaneous collection of weapons possessed
by tribesmen.
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Telegram N. R., No. 763-C., dated the 21st (received 22nd) December 1915.
From—The Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Pars situation.
I have received letter in English from Kawam dated December 14th in
answer to one from me enquiring circumstances of arrest of British Colony.
He states he w r as taken by surprise and methods and arrangements of
Gendarmerie were so complete and orderly that “ no one could think that it was
a mere mutiny.”
He says Gendarmerie have brought in two-thirds of the men from
northern road to oppose him and have collected a lot of riflemen for whom
they are paying out of funds seized from bank. He has collected 3,000
tribesmen but has not attacked Gendarmerie as they have large quantities of
ammunition and eight guns while he has only 50,000 rounds and no guns,
j India, Foreign Secretary s
Nt M, dated
31 n c C 1915