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File 3516/1914 Pt 17 'German War: Persia; general' [102r] (208/370)
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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and shonld be retnrned to the Foreignagn eMYwhMi doL win.
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9 p.m*, December 15th 1915 .
It. 9.55 a.m., December Ib-tli 1915 .
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Vice-Consul and Colony from Sultanabad arrived
safely last night. Vice-Consul and manager of Imperial
Ba.iiic of Persia give following information gleaned on
the road fran Geimans and Swedes who talked very openly.
German plans which wece laid for early spring have
had to oe hastened on owing to unexpected arrival of
KUoSian troops , hut they still await arrival of
artillery.
Goitz is at Bagaad and will shortly move to Kerman-
shah with 30,000 Turkish troops, He will be joined by
German levies and gendarmerie and by considerable force
contributed by the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh who has/given 3
r\
oatoeries of 7.5 centimetre ^$uiis and 12 maxim guns
brought in by (?Hau)pt and has had gift of £30,000.
*170,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
were spent in Sultanabad in about a
week:.
A week ago there were 3000 Mujahids at Sultanabad
but most of the:, left in direction of Ramadan near which
place enemy have 20,000 men. Vice-Consul passed party of
SOO Mujahids between Sultanabad and Kum. Germans boast that
in 3 weeks Persia will have declared war on us.
11 million marks in gold have been brought in by Major
Klein. There is no silver coinage in circulation there
and even smallest transactions have to be done in gold,
Goltz’s Doctor has arrived there while Germaif Minister is
at Kermanshah.
as to minor events nearer Teheran there is some
evidence of a skirmish near Saveh. At Hasanabad gendarmerie
under Prick are drilling daily and practicing musketry.
They are being paid_in..g.pld.
Addressed to India, sent to Foreign Office Petrograd
and Basra.
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- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 17 'German War: Persia; general'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 17v:53v, 55r:138v, 141r:149v, 150v:182v, 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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