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File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [260r] (524/532)
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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171
Telegram P., No. 909 S., dated the 4th September 1915.
rr ° m “ T De I ® nmeoZ G ° VerUment ° J India “>e Foreign and Political
T ° -HiS m“s Mteter! Tehran )^ 01 KaiD (tepeated t0 His BritaMio
Instructions are being conyeyed by the military authorities to Colonel
Dale to the effect that he must on no account, without definite sanction, move
west of Khusp. It should be clearly understood that the object of sending
troops to Sistan is merely to counteract the influence of the Germans and,
it possible, to intercept their parties where this can be done with reason
able hope of success ; but that there must be no idea of attacking Persian
subjects who show sympathy for the Germans or Persian towns. By such
action a situation might arise with which our force would be quite
inadequate to deal. At Tehran the situation is very critical, and if relations
are broken off with the Persian Government, the question of our future action
in Sistan will have to be very carefully considered. No action should there
fore in meantime be taken which is at all likely to provoke genral hostility.
175
Telegram P., dated the 6th (received 7th) September 1915.
Prom—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Situation at Ispahan. His Majesty's Consul-General has been informed by
the Officer Commanding Gendarmerie that agitation is becoming very serious
and that a plot is on foot to assassinate the Russian Consul Mr. Bristow and
himself and Managers of Russian and English Banks and that Gendarmerie
is powerless to stop the plot.
Telegram from Sheikh has been issued urging that the killing of Consuls
is of no use and that all Russians and British must he expelled.
•A very strongly worded message has been sent by me to Prime Minister
holding him responsible personally for any harm that may occur to our
subjects,
176
Telegram P., No. 318 F., dated the 6th (received 7th) September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Please refer to my telegram No. 316. In reply to request from Mullas of
Ispahan for instructions as to attitude which they should adopt towards agna
tion against us in that town, in connection with our occupation of Bushire, 1
have fust learned that Prime Minister said that he was in communication with
British Legation, and that in a few days instructions would be se “‘ the “‘
This is tantamount to inviting Mullas to continue agitation with obje t
putting pressure on ns. It appears to me, m the circumstances, that for
Consul and Colony to remain longer at Ispahan is for them to run a needless
risk Even if we give way to Persian Government as regards Bushire ques
t on which I sTrongTy deprecate, I doubt whether Persian authorities could
ane^t agitation 1 th^ certainly could not an!
attempts If on the other hand Consul and G f .“' Saccompl sed
property (?) is removed, Germans may give up attempts having accompnse
part of their design. , , „ , * . „
His Majesty’s Consul-General has been informed rnments
which Russian Minister and I have submitted to oM iespeet G
and I have told him that question of his departure will depend on
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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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