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File 3852/1912 Pt 2 'Persia. Conditions in South Persia. German Documents' [311r] (253/280)
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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Teheran, February l 3 t,191b.
”Great efforts h *v e been made to Appoint n^e head of
the police force and successor to Kjaliaarson. hut I under-
st .nd that >ir /alter has determined to retain Colonel Folke,
the present Chief of Ispahan as head of the police force,
assisted by ajors oiler .'hid Carl berg. All other c ?edes are
to ^o. you have doubtless heard, Towniey and horostovetx
h we been recalled.
a mild little man is to coffie from London to take the
pi ice of the Hussian minister.
The i-ersi-ins think that if Townley goes, it m .ms
that ingland hands Forsia over to the tender mercies of the
Russians.
Borohgrave (the Belgian Ambassador) and Lecomte (the
French ambassador, formerly in merlin, and notorious on '
account of the Frincc iulenberg law suit) have both telegraphed
to their governments to inform Cir >dward drey that in their
opinion, if o ?nley goes and his personal influence is removed,
ersia will enter the w->r on the side of j. urkey. If Town^ley
remains, i orostovcts will certainly remain too. A new cabinet
is now being formed. The prevalent opinion is that it will
probably be strongly pro-nussian. in this case not a single
dwede 'till be allowed to remain in aersia.
The Buss Ians entered Tabriz again two days ago,
without meeting* any resist nee. oth Townley and Churchill
admit that there is much pro-berman feeli ong the
-.achti - res. in my opinion Persia would .lly herself ith
Turkey if The d red. if she did this, the h&chtiares and all
o ther
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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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- File 3852/1912 Pt 2 'Persia. Conditions in South Persia. German Documents'
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- 185r:187v, 212r:215v, 300r:324v
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