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49. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. VOLUME 51 Part II (From 16th to 31st October 1918.)’
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- Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 October 1918. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: telegrams, memoranda, tables, and letters, containing instructions and reports.An index to the contents of this volume can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3309. The volume covers many topics and events, but mostly relates to:Matters relating to railway traffic and constructionOperation reports concerning north western Persia [Iran], as well as correspondence with the General Officer Commanding, Bushire [Bushehr]Intelligence about the situation in Azerbaijan, the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea regionsDiscussions about Armenian troops, including: updates on status and activities; intelligence provided by them; and their relationship with Allied troopsStatus of affairs in southern KurdistanMatters relating to personnel, including: appointments, temporary promotions, pay, leave, training, and demand across departmentsMatters relating to the General Wilfrid Malleson Mission in Transcaspia [historic region in Central Asia, also rendered in text as Trans-caspia]Formation of the Urmia Brigade [also rendered in text as Urumiyah Brigade], including details of pay and trainingLists of sick and wounded soldiersTurkish [Ottoman] forces: locations; movements; estimated strengths; commanders; evacuations from Persia; and distributions for week ending 22 October (ff 181-183) and week ending 29 October (ff 271-274)Shipping statementsMatters relating to the North Persian ForceIntelligence regarding German attitudes to proposed peace terms, as well as the movements of German officers and detachmentsData on supplies used by Force D, collected with a view to reducing demand on IndiaDiscussions about proposed peace and armistice termsPlans relating to demobilisation and administration in Mesopotamia, including development and management of: cultivation and agriculture; banking facilities; post offices; judicial matters; post-war garrisons; Basrah [Basra] port; and commercial policiesCurrency provision in PersiaRoyal Air Force reportsOperation reports from General Officer Commanding, Force D, on: Taq [also rendered in text as Tauq]; South Persia; advances up the Tigris; Turkish forces on Jebel Hamrin [Jabal Hamrin]; raids on Turkish communications on the Shergat-Mosul road [Ash Sharqat-Mosul]; and the British capture of Kerkouk [Kirkuk]Reinforcements and labour requirements for Force DResponses to points raised by the Mesopotamia Commission reportMatters relating to the Dunsterforce, including relations with Colonel Lazar Bicharakov [Bicherakov, also rendered in text as Bicharakoff]Kasvin [Qazvin] MissionBritish occupations of Ahram and Tazah Khurmatlu [Tazah Khurmatu]Discussions about the remits of and relationship between the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, and the General Officer Commanding, Force DSupplies provided by the Red CrossProposals to create an independent ‘Armenian State Khurdish Confederate’ free from Turkish influenceDiscussions of policy regarding ‘outlaw’ Khans [Khāns] of the Bushire hinterlandAllegations against ‘Anglo-Indian troops’ in Turkestan [historic region in Central Asia, also rendered in text as Turkistan] and subsequent action of the Turkestan UnionInstructions provided to Lieutenant-Colonel Molesworth, Assistant Director-General of Military Works, in his role as Liaison Officer between Army Headquarters, India, and the forces in Persia and Mesopotamia (ff 190-192).The volume also contains:Distribution of troops on 21 September (ff 8-30), 5 October (ff 259-267), and 28 September (ff 287-297)Statements showing strength of the different contingents serving with Force D as of 21 September (ff 95-98) and 7 September (ff 98-112)Monthly distribution report of motor vehicles in service with Force D on 1 September (ff 113-134)Appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations summarising the situation in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Turkestan on 20 October (ff 135-138) and 27 October (ff 235-237)‘Detailed statement of ration strength of Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 14th September 1918’ (ff 151-157)Appreciation on the situation in Trans-Caspia by Frederic Thesiger, Viceroy (ff 207-208)‘Report by the Financial Adviser on the Persian Currency question’ (ff 219-221).Whilst the volume contains copies of earlier material dating from March 1918 onwards, the bulk of the material dates from October 1918.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 315; these numbers are printed, and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
50. 'TREATY OF PEACE WITH PERSIA 1857'
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- Abstract: A copy of the Treaty of Paris (1857) concluded between Britain and Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57). The treaty is signed by Earl Cowley, British Ambassador to France, and Ferookh Khan Ameen Oolmoolk [Farrukh Khān Ghaffārī Kāshānī], Persian Plenipotentiary, and is dated Paris, 4 March 1857.This document contains parallel English and Farsi versions of the text of the treaty.Also included in the volume are:The English and Farsi text of an agreement on ceremonial proceedings for the reestablishment of diplomatic relations, signed by Earl Cowley and Ferookh Khan and dated Paris, 4 March 1857An English translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh Qājār] to the Sedr Azim [Mīrzā Āghā Khān Nūrī Iʿtimād al-Dawlah, Prime Minister of Persia] dated December 1955, expressing anger at a letter from the English Minister (Sir Charles Murray, British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia) and ordering the breaking off of relations with Britain until an apology is receivedOne Farsi and three English versions of a document investing Ferookh Khan with the powers of Plenipotentiary of the Shah in negotiations with Britain, dated Showal [Shawwal] 1272/June 1856, with a note on the different English versions by the translator, Sir Justin Sheil, dated 8 March 1857The English and Farsi text of a document certifying the exchange of ratifications of the treaty, dated Baghdad, 2 May 1857.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 34; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
51. ‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’
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- Abstract: A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
52. 'Treaty with the Joasmee Pirates'
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- Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding a peace treaty between the East India Company and the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī], and relations between the Joasmee and the Imam of Muscat.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. It also includes letters from prominent members of the Joasmee and from Mullah Hussain [Molla Husayn], Ruler of Kishem [Qishm].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 255, and terminates at f 293, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
53. ‘Extracts from the Private Journal of Col. Macdonald’
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- Abstract: Extracts from the private journal of the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from 17 December 1827 to 27 March 1828. The journal covers the period of the negotiations for the peace treaty signed at Toorkomanchaee [Treaty of Turkamanchay] in February 1828, which ended the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Macdonald Kinneir details his involvement in the negotiations, which took place primarily at Dehkarghan [Azarshahr] and Toorkomanchaee, including his conferences, discussions and communications with the key negotiators, including the Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī]. Macdonald Kinneir gives a detailed account of the events in the lead up to and aftermath of the conclusion of the treaty, including:The negotiations concerning the reparations to be paid by Persia to Russia, and the delays to the delivery of the moneyRussian threats to resume the war owing to mistrust caused by delays to the delivery of the reparationsThe breaking off of negotiations at Dehkarghan and resumption of negotiations at ToorkomanchaeeThe signing of the treatyThe agreement between Macdonald Kinneir and Abbas Mirza for the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty between Britain and Persia in return for 200,000 tomans from BritainThe withdrawal of Russian troops from the Province of Azerbijaun [Azerbaijan] and the return of Abbas Mirza to Tabriz.Also included in the journal are copies of the following communications:Letter from Captain Ronald Dugald Harcourt Macdonald to Macdonald Kinneir, ff 12-13Written pledge, in French, from the Russian agent Prince Kondacheff guaranteeing the safety of reparations payments, ff 22Letter, in French, from General Paskewitch to Macdonald Kinneir, ff 33-34.This document was originally enclosed, in No. 93, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 34 to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 28 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/253).Physical description: 1 item (38 folios)
54. ‘Transcript of a letter from The Envoy to His Majesty The Shah’
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- Abstract: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], has learned from his agent, M Valcofski [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], of the arrival of Prince Hassan Alli Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] at Tehraun [Tehran] and the alleged determination of the Persian Government not to pay the reparations stipulated in the agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/173-174). Macdonald Kinneir indicates that on this basis General Paskevitch has resolved to recommence hostilities, and gives details of the planned campaign. Macdonald Kinneir also indicates however that should the Persian Government be willing to pay seven crores of tomans he will be willing to be answerable for the evacuation of the Province of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russia, and of Khoee [Khoy] upon the receipt of a further crore.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in enclosure No. 4, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
55. ‘Transcript of a letter from the British Envoy to H. R. Abbas Meerza’
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- Abstract: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] has indicated his preference for the meeting place for the signature of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to be at a village in the vicinity of Meana [Mianeh], as opposed to Macdonald Kinneir’s preference for Maragha [Maragheh]. Macdonald Kinneir also indicates that he hopes that the Province [of Azerbaijan] might be evacuated by Russia at the cost of six and a half crores of tomans in reparations from Persia, owing to Abbas Meerza’s good faith.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in enclosure No. 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
56. ‘Transcript of a letter from the Envoy to Mirza Abdul Wahab’
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- Abstract: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah]. Macdonald Kinneir exhorts Mirza Abdul Wahab to dispatch the sixth crore of tomans required to pay reparations to Russia as stipulated in the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] as soon as possible.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in enclosure No. 6, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
57. ‘Copy of General Paskevitch’s Letter to H.E. Meerza Abul Hussan Khan enclosed in the former’
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Russian Commander-in-Chief ‘between the Caspian and Black Sea’, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], to Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs], dated 11 Rejib [Rajab] 1243 [28 January 1828]. General Paskevitch indicates that it was the fault of the Persian Government that the peace negotiations to end the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] at Dekerghan [Azarshahr] had broken down, due to the fact that the Persian Government wished for Persian territory occupied by Russia [the Province of Azerbaijan] to be evacuated before the payment of reparations to Russia. General Paskevitch indicates that once the reparations money has reached the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, ‘the terms of the treaty will be fulfilled’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in enclosure No. 8, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
58. ‘Copy of a letter from the British Envoy to H. E. Manucheher Khan’
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Manucheher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], of 8 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that negotiations for the finalisation of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] will not be renewed until General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] has received intelligence that the first instalment of the reparations payments from Persia have reached Miana [Mianeh]. He also states that he has repeatedly stressed the importance of paying the money quickly, and reports that General Paskevitch will evacuate Miana once he is assured of the sincerity of the Shah of Persia's [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] desire for peace.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in enclosure No. 12, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
59. ‘Copy of a Letter addressed by Lieut. Colonel Macdonald Envoy & &. to His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza &. &. &.’
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], has indicated his preference for the meeting place for the signature of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to be near Mianneh [Mianeh], rather than Macdonald Kinneir’s suggestion of Mauragha [Maragheh], and that the General will decide on the place in the next few days and inform Abbas Mirza. He also indicates that General Paskewitch will not take any less than six and a half crores of tomans in reparations from Persia, but that on account of Abbas Mirza’s good faith, ‘he hopes the remaining affairs will soon be arranged’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6 in enclosure No. 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
60. ‘Copy of a letter addressed by Lieut. Colonel Macdonald Envoy to H. E. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan. Minister for Foreign Affairs’
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that following news of the arrival of the money intended for payment to Russia as reparations, as stipulated in the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], at Mianna [Mianeh], the Russian General-in-Chief [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] intends to name somewhere near Mianna to meet to sign the peace treaty. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that the General-in-Chief will decide on the location in the next couple of days and will then invite Mirza Abul Hassan Khan and Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to attend the conference.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 7, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)