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'Persia, Vol. 3' [405r] (217/296)
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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available * On upper Euphrates o$r recent adv'.nce will
necessitate use of 1 company of Ford Vans to supplement
Simply by river, which where dependence has to be placed
on native craft is uncertain* Further p unmade reads and
severe weather conditions place a large percentage of Meehan-
ie&l Transport temporarily out of action 7 and repairs are
delayed owing to materials such as springs not arriving
quickly enough to meet requirements « It will thus be seen
that the only balance in hand for supplying beyond our
further posts on Kermanshah raod are^ 250 Ford Vans unless
we ?reduce numbers employed in bringing in harvest* As an
instance of the amount of Mechanical Transport which would
-&e absorbed; the supply of a cavalry regiment at Hamauarr
and an infantry brigade at Kermanshah wculT involve the
use for supplies alone of 880 vans, exclusive of petrel.
to
all of which has/oe transported from rail head*
The relief afforded) by substitution of animal for M.T* is
small and camel corps consisting of 3.200 carts and 2800
camels as total capacity of our mule column amounts to
only 6000 ten) (1 group undecipherable) which on the staging
system is theoretically equal to the transporting power
of 800 Ford vans, but it will be realized of course that
animal transport means subsistence for the animals and their
drivers:., so that a proportion dependent on distance from
deducted
source of supply must be to arrive nett carrying
power. Daily maintenance figures for supplies only are -
full scale 1 Indian Division) 151 Tons, 1 Cavalry Brigade
57 Tons, 1 Indian Infantry Brigade 25 Tons, Operations scale
1 Division 100 Tens, 1 Cavalry Brigade 51 Tons, Infantry
Brigade 16 Tens* Ford Vans are calculated at 4 to a ton,
$pT. carts at 5 to a Ton, camels 7 to a ton and lorries at
1 ton *
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D.ScD, D D.S.D, S.D.2* 2 a* 2B o D.S.T* M.I.IA* CM/I.G.4 0 6 ,
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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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