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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [98r] (206/368)
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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conduct hPB been thoroughly contemptible and cowardly. •
1 thougnt it best to destroy my cyphers and confiden
tial Dookg, and Mr. McDouall did the same with his.
ity archives are all locked up in a iviilncr safe of which
1 have the keys.
Dome time previous to the outbreak 1 advised Mr.
kcMurray to send away as much of his treasury as he
could, and he actually did send away a considerable
amount. But the treasury of the Imperial hank of
Persia at namacian is a large one, and on the morning of
our departure there still remained about 138,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, which was seized by the Germans on the plea
that £X«lQ f belonging to them had been seized by the
Imperial Bank of Persia at Ghiraz. They also detained
the books, but 1 learn that these have since been
handed over to the reverend d.n. Allen of the American
mission.
«*e left iiamadan on the morning of November 23rd.
Both the Governor and the Gendarmerie declined to give
us an escort as far as Birab, which I had asked for.
On our way we were passed by a band of mercenaries
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under a German chief, who went towards the village of
Latgah, where, 1 am informed, they broke open and
looted the arsenal of Amir Nizam. nt the road
station of AkbulaK tiiere were about 200 Gendarmes under
the German Captain Erdmann. Gxcept for a few small
detachments these were the only enemy troops we saw on
the roe , at we did not feel safe until we met the
Uussian outposts at i anian.
Besides r. McDouall and myself, our party
consisted of Mr. and ^s. McMurray, Mr. Dewar-i>urie
and
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:20v, 21v:57v, 59r:64v, 65ar:65av, 65r:71v, 85r:104v, 110r:128r, 130v:131v, 131ar:131av, 132r, 134r:140v, 142r:147v, 149r:152v, 153v:156v, 156ar:156av, 157r:159v, 161r:162v, 165r:176v, back-i
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