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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [83r] (176/368)
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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messages and Shaikh Hussain also wrote them down', - at
least the demands - and handed the letter in Persian to
Moussayeb Khan, Major 0 T Connor T s confidential servant
who accompanied the ladies. Next morning a tribeswoman
was sent in to the ladies to search their persons and
belongings for any papers, of which of course there were
none. When the ladies said M Goodbye n to Shaikh Hussain
he harangued them at some length in a loud voice before
all his people reiterating his demands of the previous
evening; then he let them go. Sultan Ahmed Khan now
took the opportunity of having his say. He expatiated
greatly on the insult to Persia in the deportation of
the Germans and also on the love of the Persians for
their strip of sandy desert which they v/ere determined
to have to themselves. He said he longed to place a
friendship with England but as long as the British
annoyed them, they would not be friends. He was very
frank about Mr. Wassmuss and said that the Persians
cared nothing for Germany v/hich was far away and v/ere
only making use of Mr. Wassmuss for their ov/n ends.
Directly they v/ere friends with Britain they would
deliver Mr. Wassmuss to her dead or alive - that as long
as they were enemies with England they would be friends
with Mr. Was sinus s and vice versa. He was very calm and
decided and very up to date in his facts. He said that
England could not permit a second Mohammedan war just
now, that if Persia went to war v/ith her, Afghanistan
would most certainly join in and also the Turkoman tribes-
and that in this way India would be seriously threatened
and no one knew where the war would stop. He admitted
the fact that Mr. Wassmuss v/ould do his best to prevent
a peaceful solution of the difficulty. He said he knew
Mr.
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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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- File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
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- 72r:84v
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- British Bank of Iran and the Middle East xx Imperial Bank of Persia xx Imperial Bank of Iran
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