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File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [267r] (538/618)
The record is made up of 1 volume (305 folios). It was created in 11 Aug 1915-17 Dec 1915. 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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To meet any attack by tribesmen which has always been
a possibility j.or tne last .tew months, the Regiment
stationed nere (96th Bera.r Infantry) has, as you are aware,
occupied a line of outposts along the M Mashilleh w on the
east and across the M Island w just South of the Subsabad
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
*
Latterly, when the pronouncements of the confederates
about attacking became more insistent, the line has been
considerably strengthened by building small (loose) stone
towers which have been surrounded by wire entanglements
like the original posts. Two field guns captured from the
Turks have also been placed in position on the outpost
i line. The position has thus been made fairly secure the
! principal weakness being that the line is really rather
j too long for the number of men at the disposal of the
Officer Commanding, and the consequent possibility of small
I parties breaking through to the danger of the occupants
j of the various houses dotted about all over the island.
For various reasons it is not possible to take a shorter
; or indeed any other outpost line.
About the 6th instant the confederate Khans sent an
ultimatum to the Governor and all Persian Military
officers in Bushire. I attach a copy of it. Tne document
is written in the handwriting of the
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
of Saiyiu
Murteza Ahrarai, the firebrand who organized the Tengistani
raid on Bushire in 1909, and is signed by certain Khans.
It is noteworthy that Zsir Khidhar did not use his ora inary
seal or sign with his own hand evidently with a ''lew to
being able to repudiate the document later if necessary.
The document is exceedingly ±**i**t insolent in tone, t.
it cannot be denied that things have come to a serious pass
when a few petty brigand chiefs can flout the officers of
the Persian Government in such a manner without .a. t
Government making the slightest eu_oit to suppreo^ unem *
The result of the supine attitude of the Persian Government
is that the confederate Khans openly boast that the
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- Content
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.
The volume covers:
- Instructions regarding Bakhtiari.
- Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia.
- Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at Tehran.
- Attitude of Persian Prime Minister.
- Arrival of Russian troops at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali, Iran].
- Murder of British Vice-Consul at Shiraz.
- Attacks on British Consuls at Isfahan and Kangavar, and on Consulate officials at Shiraz.
- Situation at Anglo-Persian Oil Company oilfields.
- Activities of German Vice-Consul at Sultanabad.
- German activity at Kermanshah.
- German sending gold to Persia, to outbid Anglo-Russian financial assistance.
- Extract of Imperial Bank of Persia's report on German occupation of Kermanshah.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Meshed, Sistan and Kain, Kerman, Isfahan, Khorasan, Kermanshah; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Percy Cox, 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. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Imperial Bank of Persia; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah and Rais Ali of Dilwar [Rais Ali Delvari].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (305 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 307; 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/10/486
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 11r:78r, 81v:82v, 85r:174v, 175v:269v, 278r:306v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence