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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [‎64r] (136/490)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1915-21 Nov 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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Paragraph 282 (arrival of 4th August)—
Major Killander assured me that these three men are Armenians belong
ing to an anti-German association about which he had been fully informed and
instructed by his chief in Tehran.
I learn that on the 7th August a detective presented himself at the cara
vanserai where these three strangers are lodged to arrest them, but on their
declaring themselves to be Ottoman subjects withd rew saying that he would
refer to the Turkish representative.
One account represents these men to be Turks from the Caucasus.
Paragraph 289 (Governor _ General and extortions)
The particular iniquity to which His Excellency’s energies have been
directed is the levy of the military dues “ kharehvan which he is not
entitled to touch. A sum of about Ts. 40,000 is involved.
Your telegram, No. 85, Ali Muhammad—
This man, who is nominally living in the house of one of Messrs. Lynch s
Mirzas, is reported to me to pass all his time 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. - i-Jang.
I have, &c.,
G. Grahame.
His Excellency Sir C. Marling, C.B., C.M.G.,
&c.. Tehran.
185
Telegram P., No. 113, dated (and received) the 8th September 1915.
From—L ieutenant-Colonel C. T. Ducat, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
There is nothing to report to-day.
186
Telegram P., No. 119 F., dated (and received) the 8th September 1915.
From— His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To-The Secretary to the Government of Indie in the Fore.gn and Poht.cal Depart-
ment, Simla.
mister that the force of Coss ? < *® . • , P d , "eats that His Majesty’s
-» r .1 Colonel no,.
,htv or hundred ex-soldiers referred to m his telegiam 6a. ^
’ I presume you will, in these circumstances, cancel the instructions whie
evented these men from being engaged.
Repeated to Petrograd, Meshed and Birjand.
188
Telegram P„ No. S28 F. (Urgent), dated the 8th (received 9th) September 1915.
From His Britannic Majesty’s ^ 0 -^ “ p olltica , Depart _
To-The Secretary to the Government ot India m me r g
ment, Simla.
^ ,7 7 • * Af the re Quest of the Prime Minister I called on him this
1 ,nd respecting^Bushire came to the following agreement with him.
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The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.

The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Embassy, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.

The volume contains a single folio in French (f 184), a communication from the Russian Ambassador in London.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (238 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 238; 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 between ff 121-127, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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English and French in Latin script
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