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'Persia, Vol. 3' [362r] (131/296)
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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To G.O.C., Mescptamia.
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M.A., Teheran,
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Reference Marling's 288 of April 9th referring to
Nestorian Levies at Urumiah. Duneterville should maintain
any of these troops which can be withdrawn and they should be
stiffened by British officers and N.C.O.s from his force.
1 consider raising and organising Levies as of
greatest urgency owing to rapid Turkish penetration into
Persia and for this purpose personnel at Punsterville's
disposal should be used. North of Kerman-hah - Kasvin
road in the direotion of Sehnah, Bi^ar and Zinjan a screen
of Levies should be formed. It is hoped that such a screen is
contemplated in the scheme referred to in your X.8315 of the
25th inst., and that it will be put into exesution with
least possible delayj as every day is of importance.
Addressed Mesopotamia, repeated India and Teheran.
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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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- 'Persia, Vol. 3'
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- 297r:443v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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