This item contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia [Iran], following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes: The policies to secure the cooperation of the Pe...
This item contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes: The promise of assistance from Mirza Hasan Khan Ashtiya...
This file contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes: A protest by the Persian Government over the violation ...
Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Eastern Persian Cordon
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The papers in this file relate to the Eastern Persia Cordon. The papers include: the telegram from the British Consul in Sistan on road-making (18 October 1918); The number of British officers in the Sistan and Khorasan Levy Corps (29 October 1918); the possibility of recruiting Hazara men for ...
The folio consists of a sketch map of Persia and the Persian Gulf, attached to a memorandum by R.H. Headley titled 'Persia - Eastern Cordon'. The map shows the planned deployment of regular troops and levies along the Cordon from Mashhad to Sistan.
This file contains material relating to the South Persia Rifles, southern Persia [Iran], the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyari] Tribe and the oil fields developed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). It includes: A table showing the disposition of troops in southern Persia in December 1917 The capture of...
Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
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The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post. Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the ...
Notes and correspondence on the situation in East Persia and the Malleson Mission
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This file relates to the situation in East Persia and the Malleson Mission (1918-21). It includes papers on the following subjects: A collection of papers titled 'Expenditure on [the] Malleson Mission and Troops in East Persia', including: a memorandum from the India Office Political Department...
East Persia Cordon Road Map [Reference: Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief India [General Charles Monro] to the War Office, No. 87110, dated 28/10/18] depicting railways, roads and roads under construction. Scale approximately 2 ½ “: 100 miles (1:2,534,400)
The file contains copies of various telegrams on railways between the Director of Military Intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief India, the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus Military Agent during the period July-November 1917. Principal subjects of discussion are: the exte...
