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'Persia, Vol. 3' [440r] (287/296)
The record is made up of 1 file, 108 folios. It was created in Mar 1918-May 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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lengths where two brothers cannot follow. The Shah has
sent me worh that he is prepared to dismiss the Cabinet
and he wishes to appoint Ain ed Dowleh who according
to my information would form Ministry no more amenable
than present (?cne). On the ether hand Vessug ed Dowleh
professes to be ready tuD accept office and I cm endeavour
ing to induce the Shah to send for him.
Cabinet thus seems to be near its fall and it
looks as if being aware of this Extremists are endeavour
ing to indues Jangalis to make a "coup de main" first
on Ki.svin and then on Teheran. 300 of them are reported
to be at Manjil. Best (?opinion) here is practically
unanimous that Jangalis will not attempt a coup but it
is not impossible that they may be persuaded to do so
by assurances sent by Extremists of support in Teheran
in the shape of gendarmerie,Mujahids, Bakhtiari, Sowars,
(?Softah) end 'Turkish (group undecypherable^y There
ere said to be 150 Mausers in Austrian Legation and
several rounds of ammunition.
proper defence situation should be made Lest of
Kesvin out Snan would not permit employment of gui rd of
Cossecks whom he insists on keeping in Teheran for his
own protection. Cur own forces are still too far off to
prevent coup if resolutely undertaken.
Ad ^ essed to Foreign Ofiice 241, repeated to
Ramadan for Dunsterville,Bagdad,Government of India.
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This file contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes:
- A protest by the Persian Government over the violation of its neutrality and sovereignty
- The reaction of Ahmad Shah Qajar to the telegrams of Emperor Wilhelm II and Sultan Mehmed V
- The occupation of Isfahan by the South Persia Rifles under the command of Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes
- The negotiations between the Political Officer of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), Dr Morris Yudelevitz Young, and the Khans of the Bakhtiyari Tribe including Yusuf Khan Bakhtiyari Amir Mujahid, Najaf Quli Khan Bakhtiyari Samsam al-Saltanah, Ghulam Husayn Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Muhtasham, Ja’far Quli Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i As’ad, and Nasir Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Jang
- The mobilisation of the forces of Lieutenant-Colonel Lazar Bicharakov to deter the Jangli Movement
- The negotiations of Mirza Hasan Khan Ashtiyani Mustawfi al-Mamalik with the Bakhtiyari Khans
- A request from Khusraw Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Zafar to obtain weapons from the British Army
- The release of the British Vice Consul at Rasht in exchange for Sulayman Mirza Iskandari
- The protests of the Persian Government against the presence of Turkish and British forces in Persia
- The clashes between a confederation of Kalhur, Guran and Bajalan and the Sinjabi Tribe
- A battle fought between Jelus [i.e. Jilus, mixed Armenian and Assyrian forces] and Turkish troops at Ushnu
- A proposal from General Lionel Charles Dunsterville to organise the resistance against Turkish forces
- The recommendation by General Dunsterville that Britain subsidises Colonel Bicharakov's forces
- The invitation of General Stanley Maude to General Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov to visit Baghdad
- And a report by the British Military Attaché on the mission of Ayat Allah Sayyid Hasan Mudarris to Tehran.
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