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'Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No. 10)' [34r] (72/280)
The record is made up of 1 volume (136 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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Bohnstor [Erik or Erich). —German on jihad mission to Persia.
Captured on Kerman-Shiraz line. (27th April 1916).
Bopp, CoU —Chief of Staff to Turks on Persian Prontier. (29th May 1916).
Directed operations on 3rd May 1916 at Kirind.
Bosson, if.—2nd in Command as Director of Baghdad Railway at Baghdad.
Bourgeois. —Belgian employe in Persian Customs, Bushire.
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Brandly, Otto. —Swiss, manager of Oriental Carpet Company, Kirman,
about 50 years of age. Under British protection at Kirman, but German at
Bushire and Shiraz.
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Brissely Mr. —American Consul in Baghdad.
Bristoic, Mr. —British Vice-Consul at Resht. (8th February 1916).
Bronsardt von Schelleudorf. —See Schellendorf.
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Browriy Thomas. —One of the headmen of the Wonckhaus Firm; has
been in the Gulf 10 or 12 years, being head of the business in the Gulf. Was
formally Wonckhaus’ Agent at Lingah, where in^ 1907-08 he endeavoured by
a piece of sharp practice to obtain a German footing in the Oxide Mines of Abu
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He w T as in Baghdad in April 1916, having gone on a Mission with Hajji
Yasin Khadairi about March 1916 to the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh.
He was in Baghdad in June 1916 as contractor for supplies.
He is about 34—35 years of age, more than half German. His photo
graph in the Intelligence Branch shows him dehonaii'y keen, vigorous, clean
shaven, except for moustache.
Bruggmann.—k. German of the Persian Carpet Company, who arrived
at Bandar ’Abbas about April 1913. He was seriously ill of enteric about this
time. The German Foreign Office at this period offered him the new post
of German Consul at Kerman which he was not willing to accept at the mo
ment but would accept after staving in Kerman for a year. He was reported
ill at Kerman. (1st April 1916).*' Readily handed over by Persian authorities
about July 1916, to be deported to India.
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India . The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing in 1916.
The volume the is an abbreviated edition and consists of an alphabetical list of the 'more important persons' occurring in the files of the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' between December 1914 and August 1916. It was compiled and issued by the Intelligence Branch itself. The list is mostly individuals, but includes some families.
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- 1 volume (136 folios)
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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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