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IOR/L/PS/10/725
- Record Id:
- 040-000545875
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00026b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100151778441.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/725
- Title:
- File 5118/1917 ‘Persia: British Cordon on Eastern Frontier (Meshed-Seistan Telegraph Line)’
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains papers about the British cordon on the Eastern Frontier of Persia [Iran], from October 1917 to September 1920. The papers are comprised of correspondence, chiefly between the India Office, the Consul-General at Meshed [Mashhad], the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and the British Minister in Tehran, and include material relating to:
- The preservation of the Kain [Qaen]-Jumin-Turbat [Torbat-e Heydarieh] telegraph line
- The proposal to remove material from the Girdi [Gerdi]-Makhi-Surkh [Mok-e Sorkh] section to secure an alternative line from Hurmak [Harmak] to Safidawa [Sefidabeh], Aliabad and Meshed
- The recommendation for the Indo-European Telegraph Department to resume control over the Central Persia and Hurmak-Seistan [Sistan] telegraph lines
- The proposal to duplicate the existing Meshed-Seistan telegraph line for political and military reasons at an estimated cost of two lakhs [two hundred thousand] rupees
- The request of the Persian Government for restoration of the Meshed-Seistan line to Persian control, and the British takeover of the line from the Russian telegraphers
- The wages of the Russians and Persians operating the Meshed-Seistan telegraph line
- The history of the construction of the Meshed-Seistan line (1902-03) and the apparently ‘temporary’ appointment of Russian signallers (1905-18)
- The proposed appointment of a liaison officer with the Field Force in Eastern Persia
- The extension of the British cordon and movement of troops into eastern Persia, an attack carried out by British forces against alleged [Bahārlū] ‘raiders’, and rumours about the arrival of the followers of Soulet [Ismā‘īl Khān Ṣawlat al-Dawlah Qashqāy] in the vicinity of Lar
- The withdrawal of Russian Cossacks from Turbat and their expected departure from Meshed
- The request to the Amir of Afghanistan [Ḥabīb Allāh Khān Bārakzāy] to cooperate with the British
- The inability of the Amir to resist a Turkish, or combined German and Turkish invasion, on account of the strength of popular feeling in Afghanistan
- The difficulties of patrolling the Reshd [Rasht]-Kasvin [Qazvin]-Hamadan Road
- The departure of two regiments of Russian Cossacks from Khorasan
- The road from Robat to Nasratabad [Nosratabad], Duruh [Doroh], Birjand, Meshed, Sarakhs and Ashkhabad [Ashgabat]
- The three possible routes for a Turkish advance though Persia and into Afghanistan
- The assurance of aid for Persia to Vossugh-ed-Dowleh [Mīrzā Ḥasan Khān Vus̠ūq al-Dawlah, Prime Minister of Persia] and insistence on the retention of British officers in the South Persia Rifles for the duration of the First World War and six months after its termination
- The possibility of subsidising Farman Farma [‘Abd al-Ḥusayn Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Governor-General of Fars] to protect the Bushire [Bushehr]-Shiraz Road.
- A sketch map of the frontier between Afghanistan and Persia, showing roads and the telegraph line from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Birjand (f 29r)
- A sketch of the type of switch and extra wires required in the Turbat-i Haideri military office to connect it with the Russian Vice-Consulate (f 49v)
- A copy of ‘Orders for the Organization of the Eastern Persian Cordon’ (Delhi, 1918) (ff 92r-96v)
- A skeleton map of Persia to ‘illustrate the distribution of the Semirachia [Semirechye] Cossacks [in Khorasan] on 4/8/17’ (f 156).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545875 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/725 : File 5118/1917 ‘Persia: British Cordon on Eastern Frontier (Meshed-Seistan Telegraph Line)’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/725, f 29 : A Sketch Map of the Frontier between Afghanistan and Persia
IOR/L/PS/10/725, f 49 : A Sketch of the Type of Switch and Extra Wires required in Turbat-i Haideri
IOR/L/PS/10/725, f 156 : ‘Skeleton map of PERSIA’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/725 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0726]/040-000545875
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (172 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 23 Oct 1917-20 Sep 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 5118/1917
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bahārlū, Tribe, before 1400
HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980
King of Afghanistan, 1826-1973
Ottoman Army, 13th century-20th century
Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925
Qashqā'i, Tribe, 11th century-
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 - Subjects:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Military operations
Telegraph lines - Places:
- Meshed, Asia
Persia, Asia
Seistan, Asia