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IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 175-296

Record Id:
041-003474536
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
037-000340300
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100096027881.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100111386953.0x000002
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 175-296
Title:
Situation in Persia, Vol. II
Scope & Content:
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 Ashtiyani Mustawfi al-Mamalik to Mirza Kuchak Khan Jangali
  • The transportation of British land and air forces to Hamadan
  • The Government of Persia's protest against Britain's violation of the sovereignty and neutrality of Persia
  • The state of telegraphic and postal communications in Persia and railways to the Caucasus
  • The possibility of a coup de main being effected at Kazvin [Qazvin] and Tehran by the Jangalis
  • The assassination of Assyrian Patriarch Mar Shimun XIX Binyamin by Isma‘il Agha Shakkak (Simko)
  • The placement of General Lionel Charles Dunsterville under the command of General Stanley Maude
  • An opportunity for Dunsterville to reach Enzeli [Anzali] and proceed with his party to the Caucasus
  • The raising of levies from the Bakhtiyari Tribe to protect the flank of General William Raine Marshall
  • And the allocation of funds toward famine relief to obtain the good will of the population at Hamadan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000256868
036-000306786
037-000340300
038-000340690
040-000340691
041-003474536
Is part of:
IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/5 : Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MIL/5/441-1076 : Military Miscellaneous Series
IOR/L/MIL/5/803-805 : Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia
IOR/L/MIL/5/803 : Correspondence, Telegrams and Notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Situation in Persia

 

IOR/L/MIL/5/803, ff 175-296 : Situation in Persia, Vol. II
Hierarchy:
032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0134]/038-000340690[0001]/040-000340691[0002]/041-003474536
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:
1 item (122 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100111386953.0x000002
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1918
End Date:
1918
Date Range:
11 Mar 1918-9 Apr 1918
Era:
CE
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