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File 3136/1914 Pt 2 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’ [12r] (30/504)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1914-8 Dec 1914. 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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morning of the 30th, however, I learnt from my Russian colleague that he had received
instructions from his Government immediately to as i • S n ar ] heo-g-ed
written to the Grand Vizier to ask for an interview, which his Highness had begged
him to postpone until the following day owing to indisposition The instructions oi my
^ Russian colleague being in a categorical form, he had therefore been ^trained to
address a note to the Grand Vizier demanding his passports; and I and my French
colleague acting on the instructions with which the Ambassadors of the a
Powers had at my suggestion already been furnished to ^"^“sTOrts
simultaneously, should any one of them be compelled to ask f oi bis passports,
owing either to a Turkish declaration of war or to some intolerable act of hostil ty,
decided without further delay to write to the Grand Vizier an as i
for interviews to enable us to carry out these instructions In vmw ol his
Highness’s indisposition we had not expected to be receive . I’ , , , .
hours later the Grand Vizier sent us word that he would nevertheless be gUd to
see us, and notwithstanding the excuse which he had made earlier
day he received the Russian Ambassador also in the course of
noon. My interview with the Grand Vizier partly coincided with that o
M de Giers, and preceded that of M. Bompard. It was of a .painful
description His Highness convinced me of his sincerity m disclaiming all
knowledge of or participation in the events which had led to the ™pture and entreated-
me to believe that the situation was even now not irretrievable I replied that the W
had passed for assurances. The crisis " *jia^ occurred, and
^“ere immediately g-n by
German missions; which could alone prevent the recurrence of attempts Egypt an
territory and attacks on Russia, war with the allies was inevitable. My Russian
colleague had already demanded his passports, and Imost, m pmsuance of^th^
instructions I had received, follow the same course. le ran , • i -ledge or
that even now he could undo what the War party had done without hu k noy g
the Council at his house that evening ^en he would call upm his colleagues
to do more thai ;
w« discuesed, but .. r*
aware of it, and highly probable that Talaat Bey was also an “pi • and , f the
The story of a Russian provocation was plainly a aism-ove it I could
official report of the Russian Government were m> s ^ • ) 10s ti]ities were given
produce independent evidence to show that the oide l 0 ^ tober ag the resul t 0 f a
S i" C'onstautinoplu » ™1'
sopi. -“3“ Tb.tnS::r«vlS
31st October. My own departure was eventuaily arran| ^ families,
when I left for Dedeagatch, accompame 7 Government and some other British
^ collea§ue and his staffleftbythesame
^Owing to the wanton refusal of
P^ed a t my disposal, thestation was
dis ^ arded ’ and after
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Papers concerning events in Mesopotamia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , leading up to and immediately after the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Turkey. The file is a chronological continuation of File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. & Persian Gulf’ (IOR/L/PS/10/462). Subjects covered include:
- Concerns amongst British officials that Turkey will lay mines in the Shatt al-Arab.
- Reports of the spreading of anti-British and pro-German propaganda by Turkish officials, including an undated manifesto (translated into English from Arabic) issued by an organisation called the Moslem Committee of Learned Men (ff 139-143).
- British intelligence on the movements, actions and correspondence exchanged between the region’s most prominent rulers and key figures, including the former Governor (Wali) of Basra, Seyyid Talib [Saiyid Talib ibn Saiyid Rajab], the Emir of Najd and Al-Aḥsā, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Turkish Minister of War, Ismail Enver Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
- Reports on public opinion amongst the Arab populations of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and proposed British propaganda measures, including plans to distribute copies of the Illustrated War News to the various rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 199-203).
- The breaking-off of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Turkey on 30 October 1914.
- Reports, submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Chief Political Officer of Indian Expeditionary Force D (IEFD), on the progress of IEFD at Basra, including reports of military action at Fao [Al-Fāw], (f 56, f 65, ff 67-68, ff 116-120, f 123).
- The death of Captain Richard Lockington Birdwood, Assistant Political Officer to Cox, at Basra, on 17 November 1914 (ff 90-91).
- Reports of anti-British propaganda and activities at Erzeroum [Erzurum], as reported by the city’s British Consul (ff 84-89, ff 103-104).
- Proposals, including those set out in a letter written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson of the Indian Political Department, to the British Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], dated 28 November 1914 (ff 14-17) for Mesopotamia to become an Indian colony after the war.
The file’s principal correspondents include: the 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. (John Evelyn Shuckburgh; Edmund George Barrow; Arthur Hirtzel); the Foreign Office (Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe; Louis du Pan Mallet); the Chief Political Officer of IEFD (Percy Zachariah Cox).
The file includes a small number of copies of diplomatic exchanges between the British, Ottoman and Persian Governments ( notes verbale ), which are written in French.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3136 (German War) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/462-467. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 248; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- File 3136/1914 Pt 2 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:27v, 41r:42r, 44r:70v, 71v:107v, 110r:111v, 112v:126v, 129r:138v, 145r:152v, 156r:157v, 158v, 159v:160v, 161v, 163r:171v, 173r:242v, 243v:244r, 246r:248v, 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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