File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'

Title:

File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'

Date:

1916/1917

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17.Topics discussed include:the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an attack on him (folio 312)an account of the escape of German and Austrian prisoners (folio 281)translations of letters from German prisoners transferred from Shiraz to Russia (ff 43-48) including a translation of Dr Zugmeyer's diarydiscussion of German and Russian activities in Persiatables, statistics and reports on troop numbers and weaponry, deployments, military engagements and casualtiesBritish relations with local chiefs and their dealings with the Germans and Russianstranscripts of local newspaper articles on various topics including the Russian Revolution (folio 136v)discussion of money required to pay to tribesmiscellaneous Army Department memorandageneral reports on the political and military situation in Persia including the 'Bakhtiari country' (ff 320-321)The file is mainly divided into sections on events by weekly date period. Correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; HBM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Marling); HBM Consul, Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]; HBM Consul, Shiraz; HM Consul-General, Meshed; HM Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, (David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer); HBM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Captain Edward Noel); HM Consul-General, Isfahan; General Officer Commanding, Sistan Field Force; The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz; the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles (Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes); Chief of the General Staff, Simla; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; and the Deputy Political Resident, Bushire.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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 400; 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

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Soldiers
Military affairs
Military administration

Geographic region:

Sistan
Persia
Bushire

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001fb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001fb_en
IOR/L/PS/10/612
IOR/L/PS/10/612

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