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13. File 3237/1920 ‘Persia:- Electric light, ice and condensing plants at Bushire.’
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- 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
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