ملف ٣٤٤٣\ ١٩١٤ الجزء ٣ "الحرب الألمانية: أفغانستان وبلاد فارس؛ العملاء الألمان؛ القوات البريطانية في شرق بلاد فارس" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٨] (٣٤٥/٢٦٦)

(D
( 2 )
(5)
(4)
No Germans at KhaMs.
Germans have been digging at Kerman.-
Germans have gone towards Yezds.
3000 Isrnailis are collecting to avenge the death
of parrugh Shah relative of the Agha Khan.
Birjand reports February 25th party of 25 under a
CsrnBn was at Char Juni February 20th and going towards Khor
v-ith a larger party following.
Wassmu is in touch with Kerman and Baluchi parties-
tut I have no details.-
As to (B) I think on the whole German propaganda
is losing ground.. Immediately after November 15th German
ctocrats (sic) by means of forged telegrams etc nearly
succeeded in inducing general belief that Persian Government
tad declared itself loyal to Germany but more intelligent
tribal chiefs such as Soulet and Shiah of Pusht-Ikuh hesitated
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to comait themselves without instructions from Teheran and
thanks to Barman Parma's energy and intimate knowledge of South
and south Western Persia these chiefs are for the present safe
barring a very serious reverse to us or to the Russians
will eventually support the -Government policy.
Nizamus Sultaneh formerly Governor of Luristan and a
friencl of sheik of Mohammerah who collected considerable forces
amongst the western tribes to support Germans seems to have
been wavering of late and fall of Kerman shah will probably
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ceod.ch him altogether.
At Shiraz Gendarmerie and rebels are said to number 2GuO to
AGO but they appear to have given themselves up. to plundering
bun and it is significant that in spite ox many tnroats
aeon no recurrence of attacks on Bushire.
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