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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [23v] (55/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (175 folios). It was created in 17 Nov 1915-18 Feb 1916. It was written in English and French. 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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10
I learn as to general agreement above alluded to that among its chief
points will be cancellation of Persian debt, tariff revision, and subsidy of war.
I have intimated that opportunity for big demands which might have been
listened to two months ago has been lost and that I was sure that certainly
in Petrograd suggestion as regards debt would be rejected and very likely in
London also.
24
Telegram P., No. 223-D. S., dated the 10th January 1916.
Prom—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain.
(Repeated to Tehran.)
Please see your telegram December 11th, No. 310-C. Orders have issued
for despatch by Quetta arsenal of 50 additional M. L. E. rifles with 100 rounds
of ammunition per rifle and equipment.
As regards your telegram of December 10th, No. 311-0., Government of
India find it difficult to judge of defensive measures necessary in Sistan, parti
cularly in view of absence of news since evacuation of Kerman as to what
is happening further west. Should you now or later consider it desirable to
increase number of Baluchi levies you are authorised to do so at your dis
cretion up to a limit of a further 200 men.
You should keep Government of India fully informed of action taken.
It should, however, be distinctly understood that addition sanctioned is for
men to be employed on local purposes only and that for the present recruits
should on no account be enlisted from Persian military Or gendarmerie
establishments.
25
Telegram P. No. 11-C., dated (and received) the 10th January 1916.
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, Delhi.
It is reported by the telegraph Gholam at Dehaneh Baghi that Germans
have arrived at Bam accompanied by a number of Sowars. Gholams at
Pahreh have been made prisoners and taken to ? Bam. Between Eahreh and
Bam telegraph line has been cut.
26
Telegram P., No. 63, dated (and received) the 10th January 1916.
From—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.
(Addressed Tehran, repeated Basrah.)
Please see my immediately preceding telegram. At the same time Soulet
also sent a telegram addressed to His Majesty the Shah, copy of which was sent
to Governor by Deputy Governor, Kazerun. Soulet states in it that he hears that
Persian Government is taking hostile action against the Turkish Government.
He says he cannot believe this, but if anyone has advised His Majesty to fight a
Mohametan Government he is a traitor. Neither he nor any of his tribesmen
can serve such a Government if report is true and he will consider himself
responsible to it no longer.
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the Persian protests against violation of their country's neutrality, British and Russian responses to Persian nationalism, and their attempts to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915.
The volume covers:
- Advance of Russian troops on Kashan and Tehran.
- Situation at Kermanshah between August and November 1915.
- Dismissal of Swedish Commandment of Gendarmerie.
- Persian Gendarmerie.
- Arrest of the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane in November 1915.
- German and Turkish interests.
- United States Minister at Tehran's attitude.
- 'Report on the seizure of the Shiraz Colony' (ff 130-132).
- Terms proposed by Khans for release of British prisoners at Shiraz.
- Situation in Bushire.
- British Consulate at Bunder Abbas moved to Kerman.
- Kerman branch of Imperial Bank of Persia reported to have been looted.
- Russian operations on the Caucasian and Persian fronts.
- Report of Vice Consul on the evacuation of Hamadan.
- Prisoners at Bushire and Shiraz.
- Intercepted letter from Wilhelm Wassmuss to Helmuth Listemann, regarding British prisoners at Bushire.
- Events in the provinces.
- Capture of Turkish Ambassador at Tehran by the Russians.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Esme Howard, British Ambassador to Sweden; Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to Italy; Mohtashem-es-Sultaneh, Persian Commissioner on the Turco-Persian Frontier; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; 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. ; British Consuls at Yazd, Kerman (C T Ducat), Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Batoum (P Stevens), Hamadan (N Patrick Cowan), Shiraz (William Frederick Trevors O'Connor) ; American Minister at Tehran; 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. ; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah; Imperial Bank of Persia.
There is a document in French, an ultimatum addressed to the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane. There are newspaper extracts, from Jam-e Jam', Tazineh, Tiflisky Listok, and Hayat.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (175 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 175; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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