Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to political and military situation in south Persia.Topics discussed in the volume include:The retention of aeroplanes at BushirePersian Gulf – proposals for garrisonsProposals for British garrisons in the Persian Gulf and the incidence of costs and possibility of reductions in those costsThe Persian Government's demand for the withdrawal of British troops from the Persian Gulf and discussion of HM Minister's proposed replyThe grant of titles to 'notorious anti-British Khans' of TangistanBritish troops in Persian Gulf portsThe intervention of the Persian Minister of War in the civil administration of the Bushire hinterland, including his visit to south PersiaRetention of a battalion of the Indian infantry with ancillary services as the garrison of the GulfPosition of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh in relation to the Tehran Government and the British High Commissioner in IraqQuestion of the withdrawal of the infantry at BushireThe argument of the Government of India that in the present circumstances redistribution of the Gulf garrison is undesirable.The principal correspondents are: the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for India; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; HM Minister, Tehran; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The volume 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 371; 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 volume (which consists of two parts, Part 10 and Part 17) contains papers concerning issues in relation to the removal of the British Political Residency from Bushire in Persia [Iran].Part 10 [IOR/L/PS/10/1274/1] consists of papers relating to the question of whether the Political Residency at Bushire should be removed from Persian territory, and whether the functions of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf should be separated from those of the Consul-General at Bushire.Part 17 [IOR/L/PS/10/1274/2] contains papers relating to transfer of the Political Residency from Persian territory to the Arab littoral of the Gulf.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part 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 518; 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 between ff 293-518, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: The item consists of part three of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf: Quarantine. This part broadly covers two topics: the proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference at Paris (1903) and complaints made by German consular staff at Bushire against the conduct of Captain Thomas Beauchamp Williams whilst undertaking his duties as Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf.Correspondence outlining the details of three quarantine incidents has been included:a breach of quarantine regulations by an unnamed Russian Munshi aboard the SS
Manduraon 6 March 1907: see folios 41-42the detention of Herr Krumpeter of Messrs Wonckhaus and Company in connection with a visit by the SS
Savoiato Bushire between 8-9 July 1907: see folios 35-40the infringement of quarantine rules by Herr Krumpeter during a visit to Bushire by the SS
Galiciaon 10 June 1907Complaints against Captain Williams over his conduct during the latter two incidents were lodged by Count Quadt, German Minister at Tehran, at the Tehran Sanitary Council: see folios 4-6 for related papers. A copy – in French – of a report of the proceedings of the fifty-third session of the Tehran Sanitary Council can be found on folios 11-14.A copy – in French with English translation – of the International Sanitary Convention, signed at Paris 3 December 1903, can be found on folios 43-108. For supplementary correspondence outlining the proceedings of the British delegation at the Conference, see folios 109-125.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice), HM Chargé d'affaires at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox), the Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf, the German Consul at Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann), officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of the India Office.No papers have been filed for the years 1905-1906.Physical description: The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear (folio 125) to the front of the part (folio 1).
Abstract: The file mainly consists of papers relating to the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line and road in Persia [Iran]. It includes correspondence regarding: the diversion of the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line via Tarum and Saidabad; the estimated cost of constructing this new telegraph line; the total expenditure on the Bunder Abbas [or Bandar Abbas or Bander Abbas] to Kerman road; and the decision of the Government of India to discontinue work on the telegraph line and the road due to the cost involved.The file also includes some papers relating to the development of various roads in Persia, railways in Persia, and the Bushire to Shiraz road.The papers in the file consist of correspondence and India Office minutes, including correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office; the War Office; and the Government of India Foreign Department and Army Department.The map shows the province of Fars in Persia [Iran], dated 1911 (IOR/L/PS/10/608, f 54). It shows features including camel paths, mule paths, foot paths, telegraph lines and deserted villages, and hydrology, and it provides some indication of relief. The map was published under the direction of Colonel S G Burrand, Officiating Surveyor General of India.Physical description: 1 item (145 folios)
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to policy on the political and military situation in Shiraz, and Bushire military operations in the period 1918-1920.Topics discussed in the volume include:Situation at Shiraz as recorded in the telegramsSituation in the Bushire hinterlandThe authorisation for the commencement of the advance from BushireProposed advance from Bushire: Persian Government's instructions to the governments of Gulf portsBushire-Shiraz operations and the question of withdrawal and evacuationThe Bushire-Shiraz road and the proposed further operations by the South Persia Rifles against the rebel khans, and the question of aerial bombardment.Included in the volume is a map of Bushire and its hinterland (folio 30).The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Viceroy; Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles; and HBM Minister, Tehran.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 299; 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 volume contains correspondence discussing various requirements for the Bushire Residency.Topics discussed include a proposed increase of the allotment for toshakhana and changes of the allocation for the Bushire Residency from Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000 a year. Correspondence discusses the refusal of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office to bear any share of the increased expenditure.Also discussed is a proposal to withdrawal the infantry detachments and the Admiralty's having no objection in the case of Henjam. A further proposal discussed was to increase the consular cavalry escorts at Bushire and Bandar Abbas and provide the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf with a Ford car, due to the withdrawal of the British infantry garrison at Henjam and its replacement with night watchmen.The volume 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 329; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 265a.
Abstract: This volume contains papers relating to the electrical and mechanical plants (electric light, water condensing, and ice plants) at Bushire [Bushehr], which were installed during the First World War by the military authorities of the Bushire Field Force.The papers mainly consist of correspondence, in the form of letters and telegrams (including draft copies of letters and telegrams), India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers, India Office internal notes, and some enclosed statements of expenditure and revenue.The papers discuss matters including:The proposals for the electrical and mechanical plants to be taken over by the Government of India from HMG for the benefit of staff of the Military and Political Departments of the Government of India and the Indo-European Telegraph DepartmentThe division of the initial and recurrent expenditure on the plants between the Military, Political and Indo-European Telegraph Departments, and between the Government of India and HMGStatements of expenses connected with the working of the plants for the year 1923-24, the first twelve months of their operation after being taken over, requested by the Foreign OfficeProposals for the future of the electrical and mechanical plantsThe sale of the ice plant at BushireThe adjustment of charges on account of the maintenance of the electrical and mechanical plants at Bushire during the period 1 April 1926 to 31 March 1930, including: the question of the proportion in which the expenditure on running the plants should be divided between the Political and Indo-European Telegraph Departments, following the Military Department ceasing to participate in the maintenance and working of the plants after the withdrawal of the military detachments from Bushire on 23 March 1926; and the Government of India’s request that HMG (the Foreign Office) accept a moiety of the cost of maintaining the electrical and mechanical plantsThe proposal to install masonry water tanks in place of the water condenser plant at BushireThe Foreign Office proposal that the Indo-European Telegraph Department should not expect to receive a full share of the proceeds of the sale of the existing plant as well as to be free of liability during the period since their withdrawal (since 1 April 1930).The correspondence is mostly between the following: India Office officials; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.The volume 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 387; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: 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; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; 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].Physical description: 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 side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume mostly consists of translated copies of selected records from the German Consulate at Bushire, Persia [Iran]. These records largely consist of correspondence of the German Consulate at Bushire with the German Imperial Chancellor in Berlin and the German Legation at Tehran, dated 1899 to 1914. The records are divided into six sets of papers: set I, relating to Koweit [Kuwait]; set II, relating to Masqat [Muscat]; set III, labelled ‘Miscellaneous papers of importance (re status of German consulate Bushire etc.etc.)’; set IV, ‘Political Papers 1913’; set V ‘Political Archives 1913 (Continued)’; and set VI, ‘Political 1913 (Continuation & Conclusion)’.The file also includes: India Office Secret Department Minute Paper covering sheets for the correspondence; and some correspondence of 1917 between Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary of the India Office Political Department, and the Imperial Bank of Persia, in relation to a passage in a despatch from the German Consul at Bushire regarding the Bank reportedly being willing to do business with the German company Wonckhaus (also spelled as Wonkhaus in the correspondence).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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 281; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
Abstract: The correspondence includes copies of letters, translated letters, and secret and political consultations related to the following:‘Deputation of Mehedi Ali Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in this part] to the Court of Persia [Iran] for the purpose of counteracting the designs of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Amīr of Afghanistan, also spelled Zemaun] against Hindostan [Subcontinental India]’The progress of Mehedi Ali Khan’s negotiations with Persian officials at Tahiran [Tehran, also spelled as Teheran] including the Grand Vizier, Hajy Mirza Ibraheem Khan [Ḥājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalantar Shīrāzī, Eʿtemād al-Dawlah, Persian Prime Minister], and the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, also called Bābā Khān]Appointment of Captain John Malcolm to the office of Envoy from the British Government to the Court of Persia on 12 October 1799The British offer of supplies of arms to the Persian GovernmentExchange of letters with Hajy Mahomed Kheleel Mullik Ettijar, native of Hazbin [Qazwin] [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Qazwīnī, Malik al-Tujjār of the Persian Empire, various spellings of his name and title feature] related to his help with the execution of the Company’s charges in Bushire [Bushehr]A list of superfine broad cloth to deliver in PersiaThe trading activities of the Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Naser Khan [Shaikh Naṣr Āl Madhkūr, son of Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Madhkūr, also spelled as Nusser]The rebellion of the Governor of Fars, Hussan Kully Khan [Ḥasan Qulī Khān]Notes on the King of Persia, his family and wealthExchange of letters between Sheikh Naser Khan of Bushire and Jonathan Duncan, the Governor at Bombay, regarding Mehedi Ali Khan’s position in BushireThe efforts of Mehedi Ali Khan to send the two princes, Mahomed [Maḥmūd Shāh Durrānī] and Ferouze [Fayrūz Shāh Durrānī] brothers of Zeman Shah, towards Herat [also spelled as Huraut] and Candahar [Kandahar] via Khorassan [Khorasan]Account of Abdur Reheem [‘Abd al-Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī, Beglerbegi of Iraq] from the Royal Residence in Tahiran in relation to the happenings at the Persian Court; Mehedi Ali Khan’s personality and achievements; and the issue of Zeman ShahGovernor General, Lord Mornington [Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley of Norragh], honouring Mehedi Ali Khan and Hajy Mahomed Kheleel with a ‘khilaut’ [
khil'a, distinction] for their good conduct in PersiaA translated copy of a firmaun [farmān] from the King of Persia regarding the relations of his country with the EnglishDetails of the internal affairs of MuscatFrench activities in the GulfThe activities of Armenian vesselsNews of correspondence being established between Tippo Sultaun [Sulṭān Fātiḥ ‘Alī Ṣāḥib Tīpū, Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore] and Zeman Shah, and their shared feelings against the English presence in IndiaZeman Shah’s anti Shea [Shi‘a] policyCommunication with Soliman Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, also spelled as Soleyman] of Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled as Bagdat]The French siege of Akkah (Acre, also spelled as Akka), and the response of the Ottoman and the BritishThe Ottomans and Wahabies [Wahhābīs] reaching an agreement regarding the governing of Lehesa [Al-Ahsa]Instructions and information to Captain Malcolm about his trip to PersiaThe movements of the Ottoman troops in SyriaThe possibility of the British establishing relations with Zeman ShahOttoman-Persian relationsOttoman-British relationsRussian-Persian relationsFrench-Arab relations.Physical description: 1 item (126 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 15 October 1808, informing Minto of his arrival in Bushire [Būshehr].The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 15 October 1808, and was received via the ship
Sapphireon 25 April 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)