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File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia' [232r] (468/519)
The record is made up of 1 volume (257 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1915-3 Dec 1915. It was written in English and French. 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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From Kir P. Cox, 15th March 1915.
(Addressed India, repeated Minister,
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.
, Bushire, Shiraz.)
(R-) R 1 My immediately preceding telegram. Swedes and Germans.
In case certain facts now seen to form part of scheme may not be within
cognizance of higher authority, I beg to present them.
In Januaiy, a consignment oi 1,400 cases of arms and ammunition and
bombs which had arrrived year before for gendarmerie were removed from
Bushire by gendarmerie in a secretive manner which excited good deal of
comment.
At the same time 200,000 rounds which had been deposited at
Mohammerah were sent to Ahwaz for despatch thence to Ispahan. They
were, however, detained at Ahwaz by Sheikh of Mohammerah and have been
since sent back to Mohammerah since the arrival of our troops.
It is evident despatch of these munitions of war was connected with
German scheme, which presumably was that in early spring, by which time
jihad cry would have produced its maximum effect, and Persian Government
would either have been dragged in with Turkey or left powerless to control
gendarmerie, the latter —led by Swedes —would place themselves at head of
popular anti-British movement in which German agents in Bushire, and
hinterland chiefs in collusion with them, would have played their part.
It was hoped that this movement would cause conflagration in Afghanistan
and India.
It will be remembered that it was definitely announced that Swedish
officers would be recalled 1st March, after which date they would no longer
be hampered by any obligation to Persian Government.
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The volume concerns the Persian Gendarmerie in southern Persia (Fars), and the pro-German feelings of the Swedish officers who were part of it.
The volume covers:
- Accusations against Swedish officers employed by the Persian Gendarmerie in Fars, suggesting that they have been abandoning their neutrality to support German interests.
- Anti British attitude of Swedish officers; request for their withdrawal.
- Consignment of arms and ammunitions at Bushire, for the use of the Persian Gendarmerie.
- List of Swedish officers in service for the Persian Gendarmerie.
- Alleged intrigues by Major Previtz and other Swedish officers.
- Conditions offered to the Swedish officers of the Gendarmerie for their withdrawal from Fars.
- Proposed subvention for the Gendarmerie.
- Situation at Tehran.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; 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. ; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; the Swedish Legation in London; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Esme Howard, British Consul at Stockholm; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; 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. ; William Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul at Shiraz; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia.
The volume contains some letters in French, from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from Gustav Edwall and Gustav Hjalmar Previtz, Persian Gendarmerie.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (257 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 259; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/484
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:43v, 46r:47r, 48r:56v, 59r:152v, 160r:175v, 181r:188v, 192r:197v, 203r:247v, 250r:257v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence