File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [257r] (518/532)
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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56
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Telegram P., No. 203 C., dated (and received) the 3rd 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.
I am informed by Colonel Wikeley who is commanding the troops at
Sistan that some time ago he recommended that two mountain guns should be
attached to his force.
In view of possibility of Sarhaddis making trouble this winter under
German influence, and of great difficulty in attacking fort-like Persian
villages without artillery, I beg strongly to support the recommendation.
Both Colonel Wikeley and I believe that very great moral effect will be
created by such addition. If possible I would like to see a larger number of
guns supplied to troops.
Repeated to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
155
Telegram P., No. 115, dated the 3rd (received 4th) September 1915.
ji r0m —His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
rp 0 rjv ne Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Please see Birjand telegram No. 19 F.
At present time I think that anything like consideration for authority of
Persian Government would he misplaced as it would be construed as a sign of
wPMkness on our part. It is (not ?) clear Shaokat can be trusted, and m my
opinion our action should give him to understand that whether it is case or not
His Majesty’s Government can dispense with him.
Addressed to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department and repeated to Birjand.
156
Telegram P., dated the 3rd (received 4th) September 1915.
p rom The Secretary to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
, Political Department, Poona,
To The Secrttary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. . „ ^ i t • i
A letter which has been intercepted by the Postal Chief Censor and which
has been sent by him to the
157
Telegram P., dated the 3rd (received 4th) September 1915.
F rom His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
rp 0 The Secretary to the Government o£ India in the Foreign and Political ep
ment, Simla.
Pipage refer to my telegram No. 313. ^
tt* Maipstv’s Consul-General, Ispahan, describes situation as of a very
His Majesty s consul d Amrtnre before it is too late of at least
disquieting natu , re yf d ® en TOCa Reports received from Russian Consul is equally
the women and i ace as in a state of ferment due to the
alarming. Both of tiie d ^ against us is fictitious and Germans
occupation of Bushi J, if alleged did not exist.
would have invented another can ^ and Co]lsu i a
Russian Minister 1 a ijl r ; gk jt is of course true that by with-
to stay any longer would be a useless risk.^ XUs ^ ^ ^
fuempk'at mlrtekVey remain, thus bringing about their object. In spite
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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.
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- 1 volume (261 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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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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- 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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