Abstract: The sheet contains a section map: Faraidan—Tang-I-Gazī—Pambakāl—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It shows a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No. 8,172. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,908-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,000Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 345mm
Abstract: The sheet contains a section map: Faraidan—Tang-I-Gazī—Gala Gāo—Pīr Saiyid—Bāznawī—Pul-I-Kul—Dizfūl (River section) in south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It shows a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No 8,174. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,909-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,000Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 214 x 639mm
Abstract: The sheet contains a section map: Faraidan—Tang-I-Gazī—Gil-I-Shāh—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It shows a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No. 8,172. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,908-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,000Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 345mm
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes relating to the security on the Ahwaz to Isfahan Road (this road was also known as the Lynch Road). It also contains correspondence concerning the relations between the Bakhtiari clans and the Shaikh of Mohammerah over the Jerrahi lands.Family trees (folio 121; folio 141) of the branches of the Bakhtiari Khans (Ilkhani family) are supplied in an attempt to understand the feuds impacting on British interests. Also mentioned in the correspondence is the Bakhtiari Oil Fields Company and arms trafficking taking place.The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident, Ahwaz (Captain A J H Grey); First Assistant Resident (Captain R L Birdwood); Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); and Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla (Sir Henry McMahon).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 152; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This part contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to British interests in the South of Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to the following:the Persian Transport Company considering the question of improving the Bakhtiari Lynch road between Ispahan and Ahwaz, so as to make it suitable for wheeled traffic, or to possibly find an easier route by another alignmentthe question of where the road should end, and possible Russian objections to the road terminating at IspahanCaptain Noel’s proposal of Kuh-i-Mangasht as a practicable hill stationthe expenses of the survey of the proposed new road, which was carried out by the engineer to the Persian Transport CompanyThe correspondence is largely between the following:HM Minister to Persia (Charles Murray Marling) and the Foreign OfficeCaptain E Noel, HM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz, and Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Chief Political Officer, Basrah [Basra]Captain E Noel and Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Chief Political Officer, BasrahThe India Office and the Foreign OfficeThe Persian Transport Company Limited and the Foreign OfficeHM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz, and HM Minister to PersiaPhysical description: 1 item (123 folios)
Abstract: The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and India Office minute papers, mostly relating to the situation in the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] territory in Persia [Iran], during the First World War. It includes papers concerning British negotiations with the Bakhtiari khans, and the agreement of February 1917 signed by Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister to Iran, and the principal Bakhtiari khans.The file also includes papers which relate to relations between the Bakhtiaris and the Russians in Persia, and the payment of £2,500 made to the Bakhtiari khans in December 1915 by Dr Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in connection with the agreement concluded by Young with the Bakhtiari Sardars.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Chief Political Officer, Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; HM Minister, Tehran; HM Consul, Kerman; HM Consul, Sistan and Kain; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 260; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The volume contains papers (mainly correspondence and India Office minute papers) relating to the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] tribe and Bakhtiari territory in Persia [Iran]. The papers largely concern the proposal to raise a force of gendarmerie, or Levy Corps, under British officers in the Bakhtiari territory, to settle potential incidents of ‘collision’ between Russian troops and Bakhtiaris. These papers include correspondence regarding the decision to postpone the Levy Corps scheme, following the Russian February Revolution of 1917, until the general political and diplomatic situation became clearer. The file also includes papers relating to the Bakhtiari offer of military co-operation with the British, in the form of the maintenance of a force of Bakhtiari sowars in Bakhtiari territory.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Treasury; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector-General, South Persia Military Police; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Marling); HM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Captain E Noel); the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Chief Political Officer, Basra; HM Consul, Kerman; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (C.I.G.S.); the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), India; and the Chief of the General Staff, India.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.