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File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [237r] (478/532)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1915-30 Nov 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Telegram P., No. 23 F., dated (and received) the 17th September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. r
My chief news-reporter who has been at Yazdan has just returned.
Though Yazdan is m Persian territory he found an Afghan party of one
Dafadar
A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry.
, ^asin Khan, and eleven sowars staying there. They had been there
10 days. On arrival of a few Persian infantrymen from Birjand they left
quietly, former have however declared that it is their intention to depart soon
as they are not getting supplies; on September 12th after leaving Yazdan for
Ahwaz my reporter met Paschen and five sowars near Karez-i-Malki. They
were on the way back to Afghanistan. I hear from two other sources that a
dozen Afghans have been purchasing stocks of fodder and grain in various
Persian villages between Duroh and Yazdan. They left stocks in Situ. In
some villages the Persian Sunnis of Sunnikhana have not sold as they feared
that they would incur the Shaukat's displeasure. It appears that later on
Germans hope to lead an Afghan force down the frontier to Sistan.
241
Telegram P., No. 1221 I.-G., dated the 17th (received 18th) September 1915.
From—The General Officer Commanding Force “ D ", Amara,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
The following is an extract from a telegram addressed to me on 17th
instant by Cox from Basrah:— Begins. 2024 B. The following has been
received from Grahame: “ About two marches from Ispahan, which we left
on September 14th, on our way to Ahwaz, your telegrams 1951 and 1952 B.
were received. I have destroyed all Cypher Codes and have only the Govern
ment Telegraph Code left. We reach Ahwaz about October 4th. '* Ends.
I regret very much to learn the abovementioned information.
242
Telegram P., No. S. 963, dated the 18th September 1915.
p r om The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain.
Please refer to your . telegram No. 220 C., dated the 17th instant. For
the purpose of satisfying relatives, local authorities and local opinion you may
pay from Secret Service whatever compensation is necessary.
Repeated to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
Depart"
247
Telegram P., No. HI, dated (and received) the 18th September 1915.
From— Likutenaht-Colonbl C. T. Ddcat, Consul at Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
ment, Simla,
Germans Zugmeyer openly declared at an interview with
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nasrat
Germans, r -v t f r Governor-General but that on the
it he w ° uld E0 ?, sh0 " ‘ ^ everv wav possible; that dismissal (of)
ntrary he wo " ld . 0 PP°* e r ^ Minister at Tehran and
fir arrival was being delayed by events in Buiuprd and B
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The volume concerns the situation in south-western Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.
The volume covers:
- Attack on British Consulate at Ispahan, which resulted in the wounding of the Consul and the death of one of the Sowars employed as escorts at the Consulate.
- German activity in Persia; movements of German agents.
- Turkish officers in Persia.
- Possible Russian occupation of north-western Persia.
- Attitude of Persian Government and situation at Tehran and in the rest of Persia.
- Information suggesting that maps of Persia, Afghanistan and Mesopotamia were made available by the Germans to the Turks.
- Rumoured arrest of British Consul at Shiraz.
- Appointment of Darya Begi as Governor of Gulf Ports.
- Alarm caused by advance of Russian troops.
- Evacuation of British Consul from Kermanshah.
- Arrest of British subjects from Shiraz.
- Demands of Khans in return for the release of Shiraz prisoners.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Kerman (C T Ducat), Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Isfahan (G Grahame), Khorasan, Yazd, Lingeh [Bandar Lengeh] (W R Howson); Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; War Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Walter Langley and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; War Office; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Darya Begi; the American Embassy in London; the Adjutant General in India.
There is a letter in French, from the French Embassy in London; there is a translation of a newspaper article, from Jam-i-Jam.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 263; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:48v, 54r:89r, 95r:143v, 145r:263v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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