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File 3516/1914 Pt 17 'German War: Persia; general' [‎19v] (43/370)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (181 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1915-06 Jan 1916. 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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Telegram P., No. 714-C., dated (and received) the 23rd November 1915.
Prom—The 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Please see my telegram No. 712-0. I have received letter dated Abram,
November 21st, from O’Connor in which he asks me to telegraph to you and
Government of India following considerations :— Begins. The whole of the pre
sent complications and difficulties in Pars are universally attributed to series
of events which have taken place at Bushire beginning with arrest of certain
German nationals on Persian soil and continuing with the occupation of
Bushire, confiscation of moneys belonging to Chiefs, etc., • and deportation of
Persian subjects.
It is these events which have raised in Southern Persia a violent hostility
against the British such as never before existed and which has now reached
formidable dimensions and which is daily increasing and spreading.
I venture to suggest that as a matter of common sense and policy no time
should be lost in attempting to remove all existing causes of friction and in
allaying these feelings of hostility. Such of the Khans as I have seen here
assured me that they will welcome a friendly settlement on lines which I have
already indicated and that once Bushire has been handed over to Persian
Government’s troops and our troops except the ordinary Consular Escort with
drawn they are prepared to guarantee absolute security at Bushire. And this
guarantee they are, I believe, quite capable of making good.
The main causes of friction between us and Khans and people of Southern
Persia will disappear once such an arrangement has been arrived at and
carried out.
Bepeated to Poreign and Basrah; sent to Tehran.
113
Telegram P., No. 479-F., dated the 23rd (received 24th) November 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Authorised by the Prime Minister I inform you that his intention is to
make proposals for alliance. He was telegraphing to the Prime Minister in
London and would not tell me Persian desiderata.
Sent to India, Petrograd.
Addressed to Poreign Office.
114
Telegram P., No. 79-D. S., dated the 23rd November 1915.
From The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—-His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
Cipher messages to Belgian Customs Administration at Tehran from
Beigian Customs Officers. Please refer to your telegram of 14th November,
h.o. 148. Director, Indo-European Telegraph Department, has been instructed
to authorise acceptance of such messages on condition that they show both
the signature and address clearly and that they are really passing between
Belgian Customs^ officials Similar instructions to let such messages go
forward are being issued to the Censor at Karachi.
Tehran * S teleSram haS been re P eated to Bushire and Basrah and is addressed to

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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British and Russian attempt to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915.

The volume covers:

  • German funding to Swedish Gendarmerie.
  • Terms of proposed alliance between Persia and Germany.
  • German occupation of Yazd.
  • Occupation of Hamadan [Hamadān, Iran].
  • Situation at Suj-Bulak and Maragha, newspaper article from Kavkazskoe Slovo.
  • German activity.
  • Proposed despatch of Bakhtiari Khans to Ispahan and Kerman.
  • Protection of British consuls.
  • Suggested cabinet of Farman Farma (Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma).
  • Proposed Council of Regency.
  • Russian victories in the North.
  • Persian Government's protests against advance of Russian troops in Tehran.
  • Relations of Darya Begi with the Khans of the hinterland.
  • Attitude of Turkish Minister.

The volume’s principal correspondents are: Esme Howard, British Ambassador in Sweden; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; British Consuls at Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Kerman (C T Ducat), Khorasan (Thomas Wolseley Haig), Batoum (P Stevens), Shiraz (William Frederick Travers O'Connor); John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, Force 'D'; Foreign Office; 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. ; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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1 volume (181 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 183; 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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