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File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [240v] (485/532)
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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266
Telegram P., No. 118, dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
ment, Simla.
In a fit of temper the Governor-General sent an intemperate telegram
(to Minister ?) offering to resign, owing to interference on the part Minister of
the Interior and of Members of Medjlis.
All mv work and money will be wasted if the offer is accepted and the
example set by Ispahan had better he followed by the community here.
-Reneated to Bushire and Simla and addressed to Tehran.
267
Telegram P., No. 150, dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
rp 0 rphe Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
German agents are, I hear, buying wheat and storing it at Hawar on the
road to Naiband.
Kepeated to Tehran, Birjand and Bushire and addressed to (Foreign.
268
Telegram P., No. 24-F., dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Ali Akbar Beg Tavildar of Hissam-ud-Daulah and Ali Khan, son of
Mir Husain .Sultan, are the two men who gave Germans most help in
Kainat. Both these men live in the vicinity of Sarah and both of^them sent
letters to Shaukat after Germans had crossed the frontier. _ I am inclined to
suspect Ali Khan of forwarding a letter from Germans in which Governor
was threatened. I received information on September 12th that replies to
both men had just been sent by Governor. Ali Khan had in the meantime
gone down to Sistan.
For two or three days from September 7th Paschen made the house of
Ali Khan his headquarters, but at the time the owner was certainly in Sistan.
Vice-Consul, Sistan, was recently instructed by me to keep a lookout for
Ali Khan, and to advise Officer Commanding if possible to arrest him as I did
not think that Deputy Governor could be trusted to do it.
I sent communication to Shaukat on September 18th remonstrating with
him (1) for permitting 12 Afghan sowars to make a halt at Yazdan in Persian
territory, while Paschen was here.
(2) For permitting Paschen and his Afghan Agents in the border villages
to purchase stocks of grain.
(8) For not inflicting punishment on Ali Khan and Ali Akbar for their
services to Germans. His Excellency in his reply states that he has no
knowledge of (1) and (2) ; that he does not know Ali Khan and that he cannot
punish Ali Akbar because he is a servant of Hisam !
I heard from Vice-Consul, Sistan, yesterday that in house close to that of
Deputy Governor Ali Khan had been located. Twenty
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
attempted to
form cordon round the house. They were able to apprehend four men but one
managed to get away over a wall. These men were taken for examination
to Consulate and released when not identified.
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- Content
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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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