IOR/L/PS/10/651

The volume contains papers relating to the situation in the Bushire [Bushehr] hinterland, including Shiraz, in Southern Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to:

• The rebellion in Tangistan.
• Proposed improvements to Bushire roads.
• The deportation to Bushire of the Europeans and Indians arrested at Shiraz.
• The desirability or otherwise of negotiating with the khans of the Bushire hinterland hostile to the British.
• Negotiations by Farman Farma (Governor General of Fars) and Soulet ed Dowlah (the Ilkhani of the Kashgai tribe) with hostile khans.
• Surprise attacks made on the Southern Persia Rifles [South Persia Rifles] at Kazerun and Dashtarjin.
• The question of whether to appoint a General Officer to take over command of operations in Southern Persia from Sir Percy Sykes, or whether to leave Sykes in control of the Indian troops in Fars and the Southern Persia Rifles, provided that there would be attached to him a military officer of field rank experienced in tribal warfare, to whom Sykes would delegate military operations and executive command in the field.
• Measures for keeping the trade routes between Bushire and Shiraz open.

The papers mainly consist of India Office Minute Papers, India Office internal correspondence, and the following correspondence:

• Correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office.
• Copies of Foreign Office correspondence with Sir Charles Murray Marling, H M Minister Tehran, and other correspondents, sent to the India Office.
• Correspondence between the India Office and the War Office.
• Correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India, and copies of Government of India Foreign and Political Department, Marine Department, and Army Department correspondence sent to the India 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 by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.