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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [125v] (260/490)
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 P., No. 1226, dated the 14th (received 15th) June 1915.
From— General Sir J. E. Nixon, K.C.B., General Officer Command inn-
I.E.F.“D” Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. 1
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The following is in continuation of my telegram, dated 13th June *
No. 1225.
From what I have been able to see of canals and river and land nn to
and forty miles beyond, Amara, country, it is evident, is very fertile and h is
immense potentialities. Keystone of its prosperity in the future lies in con.
servancy and control over its waters and it appears that interests of His
Majesty’s Government and of inhabitants demand the establishment of a
system of irrigation which should be administered by most expert irrigation
engineers that it is possible for Government of India to provide. Irrigation
will be the chief means by which to bring in good revenue and to work out
pacification of people, and its administration will mean contentment of tribes
or the reverse. Destruction of ancient system of irrigation has resulted in enor
mous waste, by leading off of waters by means of large canals which run into
marshy areas in most uneconomical manner, or flood lands for a season or else
leave them permanently stagnant. An examination of present conditions held
by an expert of high water can alone show lines on which improvments are
necessary and can be carried out not merely for irrigation purposes alone
but also for safe navigation of the Tigris river. I therefore venture to urge
tnat a highly qualified engineer should immediately be deputed here with a
considerable staff, with the object of inspecting the country and reporting
what should be done to lay the foundation of a Mesopotamian river conservancy
and irrigation department. .
Bepeated Chief of the General Staff, Simla, and Secretary of State.
J
Following purport of telegrams fmm TWht™ _*_i? _
Latest reports are he is being styled Naib Imam of Tangistan. Ends.
Telegram, No, 1238 B., dated tie 14th (received 15th) June 1915.
Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I,
in the Foreign and Political Depart-
Oil now through to Abadan.
Addressed Foreign; repeated Tehran and Bushire.
From His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To-His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Oil fields. Cox reports, 14th June, that oil’
now through to Abadan.
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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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- File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
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- 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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