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'Persia, Vol. 3' [443r] (293/296)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC
MAJESTY 1 S GOVICRNMETmT AMD E'OMfP PE HETffiNED TO THE
FOREIGN OFFICE THEN DONE HIT 1 ", UNLESS REQUIRED FOR
OFFICIAL USE.
MILITARY.
Decynher. Sir C. Marling (Teheran), 20th March 1918«
D.
R*
5,30 P,m,
11 a,m.
20th
March 1918.
21st
No. 237.
A A A A A AA A A A A A A A A A A A A
Your telegram No. 146 last paragraph.
T Htil our troops are pretty firmly established
along Kermanshah Kasvin line, I think action of the
kind suggested would he inexpedient as it would tend
to cause irritation and agitation both here and
locally.
Force that could he sent would not he sufficient
to impose resnect until reality and seriousness of
western movement is placed beyond doubt. After that
has been done I doubt whether oneration would be
necessary to exercise steadying effect in Central
Persia and I deprecate attemnting it till necessity
Is shorn, m any case I think South Persia Rifles
would have to be stiffened by regulars.
Expediency of raising additional levies for South
Persia Rifles at Ispahan seems to rhe also doubtful
as it would be many months before they could be made
efficient and trustworthy and half trained men
might become dangerous rather than safeguard.
Again so long as theie are Persian Cossacks
under Russian officers at Ispahan. Russian feeling
would very much resent (?appearance of) South Persia
Rifles and it is important to keep Russian officers
of Cossack division in Teheran loyal. Addressed to
Foreign office lb. 237, Repeated to Bagdad and
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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