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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [106r] (222/368)
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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organized and well planned programme in this district.
Turkish scouts are especially active between the crest
of the Magara hills and the upper reaches of the
Tchorokh. At times they attempt to break through into
the district of Artvin. Here the line of front turns
on Tevra-Dagh, Kepri-Kizliar-Dagh and abruptly
redounds southward to the positions occupied by us at
Tutah and Melazkert abutting against the north-western
shore of Lake Van at Adeljivas. At this point
unimportant Turkish forces are grouped in the Gop
district which are finding their way thither through
the district of Mush along the valley of the Euphrates.
In the Sandjaks of Bitlis feeble Turkish forces are
still on the defensive along the upper reaches of
Bohtan-Su, from Mukus to the southern extremity of Lake
Van. Here the Turks are making an attempt to maintain
their lines of communication with the Persian districts
south of Lake Urumiah on the road from Diaberkir to
Ushku, the Sauj-Bulagh pass and further on to Bane,
She hr i - Avr aman and Kermanshah - the centre of Germano-
Turkish activity in Persia - this route is one of the
more important of two arteries linking the latter
country with Turkey. Farther south, within the limits
of the Sandjak of Deir-el-Zor t no roads exist; and
from the south, or the direction of Baghdad the road
through Damascus is much longer. The valley of
Luristan affords excellent shelter for brigand bands -
even detachments of semi-regular Forces of the Turkish
Army cannot traverse this country.
With the development of our movements in the
direction of Bitlis from which our line of front passes
about
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/493
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
- Pages
- 105r:109v
- Author
- Tiflisky Listok
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- Public Domain