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949. File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.'
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- Abstract: This part contains correspondence (and a list of the correspondence), mostly consisting of: letters to the India Office from the Foreign Office, with enclosed letters to the Foreign Office from the Treasury and HM Minister at Tehran; draft replies to the Foreign Office from the India Office; and internal India Office correspondence. The correspondence mainly relates to financial concessions for consular officers and Legation servants in Persia [Iran] (due to the low exchange value of the rupee and the high cost of living), and the Secretary of State for India in Council accepting moieties of the costs involved as charges against the Indian Exchequer.It includes correspondence regarding: the extension of exchange concessions to diplomatic and consular officers in Persia; the permanent revision in rates of pay of servants of HM Legation, Tehran; the concession of a free supply of wheat to the Tehran Legation, and its extension to the inhabitants of the village of Gulhek; an increase in the wages of ghulams, munshis and menial staff of the Legation; and the fuel allowance for the Indian sowars (pensioners) serving at the Legation.Physical description: 1 item (118 folios)
950. File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of roads and railways in Persia, including the Bushire to Shiraz road.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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 376; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
951. File 2984/1920 'PERSIA: TRADE WITH EAST PERSIA [REPORTS & NOTES BY MAJOR TEMPLE]'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to Britain’s trade with east Persia [Iran], chiefly comprising reports by Major B Temple, British Vice-Consul, Meshed [Mashhad].Major Temple’s reports cover various aspects of trade including development possibilities, trade routes, foreign competition (notably Russia), local resources, topography and economic geography, types of transport, road and rail networks, telegraph and postal communications, banking facilities, favoured merchants to trade with, merchant and trade conferences, and the political circumstances in Persia and surrounding countries.The papers including the following:‘Report of a Commercial Survey of the East Persian Trade Route between Quetta and Meshed’ by Major Temple, dated 1919, first proof (ff 166-197) and final version (ff 34-60), plus letters regarding revisions made by the Department of Overseas Trade and comments by India Office officials, and a proposal for possible confidential circulation of the report to a limited number of selected British firms‘Political and Economic Report on Khorasan for the year 1919’, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran, co-authored by the Consul-General (political section) and Major Temple (economic section) (ff 148-159)‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, January-February 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran (ff 138-146)‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, February-April 1920 and June 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Comptroller-General, Department of Overseas Trade, with related letters and notes concerning the potential establishment of a ‘forwarding agency’ at Meshed (ff 17-32)‘Commercial Survey of East Persia’ by Major Temple, forwarded in December 1919 by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan to the Director of the Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence), London (ff 62-135)Quarterly Trade Returns for 1920, completed and forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Controller General, Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence).Papers comprise: printed reports; India Office Political Department registry dividers including notes by India Office officials on groupings of papers; internal letters and notes by India Office officials; and some letters from the Department of Overseas Trade.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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 35-197.
952. File 299/1918 Pt 1 'Persia: situations in Fars and Shiraz'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the military and political situation in Fars and Shiraz in 1918.Topics discussed in the volume include:Alleged plots against officers of South Persia RiflesThe affairs of the South Persia RiflesThe attitude of the Soulet-ed-DowlehThe actions of the Soulet-ed-Dowleh deemed hostile by the British.Included in the volume is a map of the northern section of the Persian Gulf (folio 162). The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Viceroy; Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles; 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 210; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
953. File 3122/1921 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Quarantine'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises two parts discussing quarantine services in southern Persia:part 1 concerns the appointment of a medical officer at Bandar Abbaspart 2 concerns quarantine services more generally on the Persian side of the Persian GulfThe volume comprises parts 1 and 2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and 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 631; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
954. File 3170/1918 ‘Persia: loans to Bakhtiari Khans’
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- Abstract: The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda and printed reports relating to the provision of loans to the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] khans in Persia [Iran].The correspondence discusses:British relations with the BakhtiarisBritish military movements in PersiaThe political situation in Persia including the prospects of a government being formed in TehranAdvance of monies to the Bakhtiari khans for the purchase of property at Barbarud [Dehnow]Correspondence between the Foreign Office and India Office about appropriate contributions to the paymentsRepayment of a loan made to Sirdar Zaffar Ilkhani [Sirdār Ẓafar Ilkhānī ] of the Bakhtiaris in 1918.Correspondents include the following: HM Ambassador to Iran, the Secretary to the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department, and officials from the India Office and Foreign Office.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 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 115; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
955. File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other employees of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, and other British subjects.The papers also concern: the arrested British men being deported to Borazjun [Borazjan, also spelled Borasgun in the volume] with their wives and families, from where the female members of the group were sent to Bushire, and most of the men were moved to the neighbourhood of Ahram, where they were held prisoners of the Tangistani Khans and the German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss; negotiations for the release of the prisoners, including the possibility of the release of captured German or Austrian or Tangistani prisoners in exchange for the release of the British prisoners; the release of all the Ahram prisoners except Major O’Connor on 10 August 1916, and the subsequent release of Major O’Connor on 20 August 1916.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; Jess Christmas (whose husband, an official of the Indo European Telegraph Department, was one of the British subjects being held captive); and Livingstone Zeytoon and Company, Manchester.The papers consist of correspondence and India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers.The file includes three documents in French: a note verbale from the French Ambassador to London, Paul Cambon, 6 February 1916; a telegram from Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of France, to Cambon, 4 February 1916; and a note from the German Minister in Athens to the Greek Government, February 1916.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 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
956. File 334/1916 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Outrages against British subjects. Shiraz Prisoners. (Col. O’Connor & others) Claim for compensation [etc.]’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers relating to a claim for compensation from the Persian [Iranian] Government being made by the British Government, on behalf of mostly British subjects who were arrested by the Persian gendarmerie at Shiraz on 10 November 1915, with most of the men being held prisoner by Tangistani Khans at Ahram.The papers consist of correspondence and India Office minute papers and reference papers.The compensation claim was for the following individuals: Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor, HM Consul at Shiraz; Mr Mcleod Menzies Ferguson, Manager, Mr Ayrton, Accountant, and Mr Lloyd Misso, Head Clerk, of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz; Mr J C Smith, Superintendent, Mr Pettigrew (who died whilst being held prisoner, the claim being made on behalf of his widow), Inspector, and Mr Christmas, of the Shiraz section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department; Dr Edgard Azzopardy, formerly Doctor to the Shiraz section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department; Mr L Livingstone and Mr Carapiet John Zeytoon, (also spelled Zeitun and Zeytun in the volume), of the British firm Livingstone, Zeytoon and Company; the Indian Officer and nine men of the Shiraz Consular Escort; Mr Ferguson’s wife and her two daughters; and the wives of Mr Smith and Mr Christmas.The volume includes correspondence regarding: the amount of compensation which should be paid to the individuals concerned; and the immediate advance of compensation payments to the victims by the India Office, with a moiety to be recovered from the Foreign Office, subject to the ultimate recovery of compensation from the Persian Government.It also includes correspondence concerning: the claim of O’Connor (and the other prisoners) for compensation from the Persian Government for loss of property at Shiraz; and the decision that the India Office should pay an advance of not more than £1000 of the loss of property compensation to O’Connor, with a moiety to be contributed by the Foreign Office.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; O’Connor, Azzopardy and other individuals seeking compensation; HM Minister Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling, Herman Norman, Sir Percy Loraine); and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.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 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.A previous foliation sequence between ff 42-112 and between ff 235-264, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
957. File 3443/1914 Pt 6 'Persia: German agents; Documents captured at Kerman'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran], India and Afghanistan between April 1915 and January 1918. The correspondence is particularly concerned with information gained from German papers left behind in Kerman, Persia, and with German propaganda sent to the Amir of Afghanistan, the Maharaja of Nepal and various Indian rulers.The primary correspondents are: Government of the German Empire; War Office; British Consul General, Ispahan; British Resident, Nepal; Government of India.The volume contains several items in German (ff 48-49 and 178-98), copies of some of the documents captured in Kerman. The full list of documents captured is at ff 167-75.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 246; 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.
958. File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Embassy, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.The volume contains a single folio in French (f 184), a communication from the Russian Ambassador in London.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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 238; 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 121-127, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
959. File 3443/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Afghanistan and Persia; German agents; British troops in East Persia'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between November 1915 and April 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Consulate, Seistan and Kain; and the Government of India.The volume contains a single folio in French (f 164), a communication from the National Committee for the Protection of the Independence of Persia.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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 165; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
960. File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between May and November 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with finding and capturing German, Ottoman and Austrian agents active in Persia and Afghanistan.The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; War Office Directorate of Military Intelligence; Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province; British Legation, Sistan and Kain; British Consulate General, Meshed; Government of India.The volume contains a single item in German (ff 149-150), a list of German military personnel active in Persia in February 1916 written by the German Military Attache, Tehran.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 181; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.