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File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [136v] (277/618)
The record is made up of 1 volume (305 folios). It was created in 11 Aug 1915-17 Dec 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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48
(/) A Persian, named Asghar Zadeh, formerly Chief of Police at Tuc,
(g) Sixty Arab soldiers from Baghdad.
(h) Pifty mules laden with tents and water-skins.
It is thought that this information may assist Your Majesty in dealing
with this unwarranted intrusion of political adventurers upon the neutral soil JT
of Afghanistan.
As intimated in my brief letter, dated the 25th August 1915 (corresponding
to 13th Shawal 1333 Hijra), I have received Your Majesty’s letter, dated the
31st July 1915 (corresponding to 18th Ramazan 1333 Hijra). Your Majesty’s
friendly assurances have given me sincere pleasure, and I have caused them to
be brought to the notice of His Majesty the King-Emperor, who will warmly
appreciate the attitude which Your Majesty has adopted towards those who, in
defiance of the rules of neutrality, seek by bribery and religious hypocrisy to
utilise the Afghan State as a base, and Your Majesty’s subjects as agents, in
their clumsy designs to cause embarrassment to the British Empire in the
East.— Usual ending*
130
Telegram P., No. S. 886, dated the 30th August 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman.
Please telegraph every day a report with regard to the movements of
German agents, etcetera, till further orders. Wire the word “ Nil ” if the
report for the day is blank.
132
Telegram P., dated the 30th (received 31st) August 1915,
From— Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Ducat, Consul at Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment. Simla.
Sent to Tehran, Quetta and Bushire.
The situation has greatly improved here. The incident of Baud Khan
together with the bastinadoing of his sowars and the flogging of the deportee
who returned with the Germans has had a quietening effect upon the town.
The Germans were not able to borrow a carriage in which to bring Baud
Khan back. To avoid polities several Khans have gone to their country
houses and practically all important Mullas have done the same. A force
sufficient entirely to dominate town has been collected by the authorities.
Bohnstorff’s divergence to Laristan and the complete scattering of Wagner’s
party has removed any immediate anxiety as to fresh outbreak of enthusiasm
of pro-German nature. Ail is quiet in district.
135
Telegram R., No. 510 0., datedyand received) the 31st August 1915.
From— Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.B., Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Golf,
Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
following from His Majesty’s Representative, Shiraz, dated August
28th -—Begins. Yesterday so-called army volunteers started from Shiraz to
assist in expelling Englishmen from Bushire. They are headed by Mulla,
named Sheikh Jafar, and were accompanied by large crowds of Shirazis for
some miles. ^ Total number of volunteers is believed not to exceed 200 or so
and as military force they are beneath contempt. Whole affair has been
engineered by Governor-General and financed to some extent by Germans and
forced contributions.
With departure of these people town will probably quiet down again
for a time. Ends,
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.
The volume covers:
- Instructions regarding Bakhtiari.
- Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia.
- Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at Tehran.
- Attitude of Persian Prime Minister.
- Arrival of Russian troops at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali, Iran].
- Murder of British Vice-Consul at Shiraz.
- Attacks on British Consuls at Isfahan and Kangavar, and on Consulate officials at Shiraz.
- Situation at Anglo-Persian Oil Company oilfields.
- Activities of German Vice-Consul at Sultanabad.
- German activity at Kermanshah.
- German sending gold to Persia, to outbid Anglo-Russian financial assistance.
- Extract of Imperial Bank of Persia's report on German occupation of Kermanshah.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Meshed, Sistan and Kain, Kerman, Isfahan, Khorasan, Kermanshah; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. ; John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Imperial Bank of Persia; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah and Rais Ali of Dilwar [Rais Ali Delvari].
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- 1 volume (305 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 307; 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 9 'German War: Persia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 11r:78r, 81v:82v, 85r:174v, 175v:269v, 278r:306v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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