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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [87r] (182/490)
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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Telegram N'o. 54 C., dated (and received) the 28th July 1915.
From-LiEUTtKAHT-CoLOKEL T. W. HAIO, C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-
General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, Meshed,
To—The ^ e e c ^ ta ^® the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart*
• * } ' lea 1 ! e 1 ' efpr to “y telegram No. 48 C. of the 22nd instant. On the 26th
instant First Semirechia Cossacks left Askabad. They should reach Meshed
for despatch southwards on the 30th instant.
(Addressed to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran; repeated to
Birjand and Baluchistan.) r
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Telegram P., No. 55 C., dated (and received) the 29th July 1915.
From—H is Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and Agent to the Government of
India in hhorasan, Meshed,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment. ^
Please refer to my telegram No. 47 C. of the 21st instant. By action of
the Chief of Hazara, who, I believe, at instigation of Karguzar and Governor-
General, is harassing the recruits, my difficulties are greatlv increased. I am
endeavouring to overcome the opposition, but recruitment is delayed unavoid
ably.
I consider behaviour towards Russian Consul-General and myself, on the
part of the two officials mentioned indisputably inspired from Tehran.*
Addressed to Tehran; repeated to Simla, Birjand and Baluchistan.
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Telegram P., No. 83, dated (and received) the 29th July 1915.
From — His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated to Birjand and Meshed).
Following telegram No. 1053 from His Majesty's Representative, Petro-
grad:— Begins. I am informed by Russian Government that Governor-
General, Turkistan, has just formed, under the command of a Colonel, an
expeditionary force consisting of four machine guns and about 1,000 horses.
Force has crossed Persian frontier and is advancing against party of Germans
which is coming from Tabas.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 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 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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- Title
- File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:41v, 42ar, 42r:42v, 43ar, 43r:48v, 50r:96v, 100r:122v, 123ar, 123r:145v, 148r:183v, 185r:212v, 213ar, 213r:219v, 220ar, 220r:222v, 223ar, 223r:238v, 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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