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File 3852/1912 Pt 2 'Persia. Conditions in South Persia. German Documents' [260v] (152/280)
The record is made up of 1 item (139 folios). It was created in 12 Jul 1912-30 Jan 1917. 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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tion wants the Ain-ed-dowleh 1 ) and Farman farmar 2 ) and the
Russians would like to have the Saad-ed-dowleh 3 ) as prime
minister New, director of Persian telegraphs told me
confidentially that the reason 2000 Russian troops a few days
ago marched eight farsaks out of Kazvine towards Teheran
was because an adverse move was being made in the formation
of the cabinet and the movement of the troops was a thro
and so understood by the higher Persian officials. The move
threw Teheran more or less into a panic
I told Kerr last night that I was very suspicious of the
dealings of Churchill with the Persians in regard to the re
moval of the G. G. of Pars. Kerr said he knew Churchill got
bribes. I suggested that the next time your legation tried to
get the Moakber-es-saltaneh removed that they send a European
but not Churchill to arrange the matter. I told Kerr also that
Churchill has more than once shown to me his dislike for you
and a disposition to excuse the doings of the G. G.
I am sending Kerr to-day my sixty two page report about
my work in Ears so that he can get a better idea of the G. G.
I do not mince words in the report ...
Sincerely yours
J. N. Merrill.
Zarguendeh (Teheran), August 23 . i9 I 5-
Dear Major:
Last night I saw Kerr and he said that the prime minister
had agreed to remove the G. G. It now remains to be seen if
the prime minister will do as he promises or is strong enough
to do it. Kerr says they want the Farman farmar as G. G.
and that he is keen to go. The F. f. and I are good friends
The situation in Teheran in the last few days has been
changing for the worse. Large meetings in the mosques urging
*) Confirmed by Townley in his circular March 23 r d , I9 I 4 : Ain-ed
Dowleh is held in office by us and will do anything for us.”
2 ) Prince Farman Farma, reactionary, characterised by Shuster (Strang
ling of Persia, page 259 ).
3 ) The ultra-reactionary Minister of the Ex-Shah, recalled from exile
by Russia and England to Teheran. He was to have been forced on the Persian
Ministry, but this did not succeed.
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The second part of the volume (folios 185 to 324) concerns conditions of trade in South Persia and German documents relating to this. Copies of two books are present in the volume: ' La Perse et la Guerre Européenne par un Patriote Persan, Édition de la Librairie Nouvelle de Lausanne, 1917' and ' Behind the Veil in Persia: English Documents, C.L. van Langenhuysen, Amsterdam 1917'. Other visual items of interest in Part 2 include a 'Map of Persia' (folio 299) depicting the Russian and British zones of influence along with project railways, frontier lines and provincial boundaries.
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- C L van Langenhuysen
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