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Mss Eur F126/33, ff 25-26
- Record Id:
- 041-002748540
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022698234.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023882889.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/33, ff 25-26
- Title:
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'No.8 Summary of memo relative to the defeat of the Persian Expeditionary Force at Merv'
- Scope & Content:
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A summarised version of the account of the Persian Army's defeat to the Tekkie [Tekke] Turcomans at Merv which was given in detail in folios 21-24.
The summary includes the account of how the Persians were defeated, the rumours of what happened to the captured forces, the Prince Governors flight from Merv, the attack by the Saloor [Salur] and Sarookh [Shahrukh] Turcoman tribes on the remaining army, and reporting that of the original army of 30,000 at least 20,000 are dead or in slavery to the Tekkies, some thousands more were believed to have perished in the desert, and a further six thousand slaughtered by the Turcoman tribes, and that the last surviving remnant was in flight with the Prince, whose whereabouts was now unknown.
The summary also mentions the French Gentleman who had accompanied the Persian Force as a photographer, the movements of Persian reinforcements at Herat, and the likelihood that the Saloor and Sarookh tribes will again join forces with the Tekkies.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311314
040-002311319
041-002748540 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/29-35 : Sir Lewis Pelly's journey from Persia to Afghanistan, 1860
Mss Eur F126/33 : Drafts and copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to the Viceroy, Lord Canning, and the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Alison,…
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 25-26 : No.8 Summary of memo relative to the defeat of the Persian Expeditionary Force at Merv - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0003]/036-002311314[0005]/040-002311319[0009]/041-002748540
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003ac
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1860
- Date Range:
- 12 Oct 1860
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
