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File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [236r] (476/532)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1915-30 Nov 1915. It was written in English. 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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85
Afghanistan during the present war, I have sent stringent orders to the said
Governor enjoining on him to carry out my previous instructions and to send
the persons in question to my presence. The Governor will, please God, send
p them to me, as directed. When they arrive in my presence, they will of
course give vent to the feelings and ideas concealed and reposed in their
minds, and I shall understand and know what they have to say and what
their intentions are. In any circumstances and in any case Your Excellency
may rest assured that, in accordance with the assurances contained in mv
letter, dated the 18th Ramazan 1383 Hijra, corresponding to the 31st
July 1915, which have given Your Excellency satisfaction, the entry of
this party into the territory of the sublime God-granted Government of
Afghanistan and the revealment of what is in their minds will, God willing,
have no detrimental effect whatever on the attitude of neutrality of the
sublime God-granted Government of Afghanistan. As regards Your Excel
lency’s statement that you have caused the assurances contained in my
friendly letter, dated the 18th Ramazan 1333 Hijra, corresponding to the 31st
July 1915, to be brought to the notice of His Majesty the King-Emperor, who
will warmly appreciate them, I shall he very grateful if Your Excellency
will hereafter intimate and communicate, for my information and for
strengthening the relations of friendship between the two Governments, the
manner in which His Majesty’s appreciation is made manifest.— Usual
^conclusion*
'236
Telegram R., No. 2024 R, dated (and received) the 17th September 1915.
Prom—The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z. Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Basrah,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Eollowing from His Majesty’s Representative, Ispahan, received Septem
ber 17th :— Begins. Your telegrams 1951 and 1952 B., received two marches
from Ispahan which we left September 14th on the way to Ahwaz.
Cypher P not with me have only R and Government Telegraph Code.
Arrive Ahwaz about October 4th.
If matter immediate and important, please repeat in R instructing Tele
graph Department to despatch by special messenger. Bncls.
237
Telegram P., No, 136, dated (and received) the 17th September 1915.
Prom— Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Ducat, His Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Kerman,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Germans. Yesterday afternoon party comprising three persons arrived
from Sirjan. Bohnstorff must be third person. lour ot their loads appeared
to be ammunition.
Repeated to Tehran, Bushire and Birjand.
238
Telegram P., No. 22€ C., dated (and received) the Nth September 19lo.
Prom—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kam,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
On September 14th about midnight a sad fatality oco "^ e ^
Pemberton belonging to the 19th Punjabis had been engaged for several day.
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The volume concerns the situation in south-western Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.
The volume covers:
- Attack on British Consulate at Ispahan, which resulted in the wounding of the Consul and the death of one of the Sowars employed as escorts at the Consulate.
- German activity in Persia; movements of German agents.
- Turkish officers in Persia.
- Possible Russian occupation of north-western Persia.
- Attitude of Persian Government and situation at Tehran and in the rest of Persia.
- Information suggesting that maps of Persia, Afghanistan and Mesopotamia were made available by the Germans to the Turks.
- Rumoured arrest of British Consul at Shiraz.
- Appointment of Darya Begi as Governor of Gulf Ports.
- Alarm caused by advance of Russian troops.
- Evacuation of British Consul from Kermanshah.
- Arrest of British subjects from Shiraz.
- Demands of Khans in return for the release of Shiraz prisoners.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Kerman (C T Ducat), Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Isfahan (G Grahame), Khorasan, Yazd, Lingeh [Bandar Lengeh] (W R Howson); Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, 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. ; War Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Walter Langley and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; War Office; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Darya Begi; the American Embassy in London; the Adjutant General in India.
There is a letter in French, from the French Embassy in London; there is a translation of a newspaper article, from Jam-i-Jam.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 263; 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.
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- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:48v, 54r:89r, 95r:143v, 145r:263v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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