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File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916' [148v] (309/368)
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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6
There is nothing to report to-day.
The English Consul and English Colony at Shiraz have been made
prisoners by the Gendarmerie and taken to Borasjun where they are now be d
in confinement. According to a telegram from Aghai Kawam-ul-Mulk
received from Kazerun the Gendarmerie on the 2nd Muharram seized all the
Government buildings at Shiraz and the British under the pretext that orders
had been received from the exalted Government and war had been declared.
T request Your Hishness will take immediate steps to dispel these false state
ments and to secure the liberation of the English Consul and Colony and the
nunishment of the guilty parties. I will telegraph further details when avail
able It is very necessary that the Prime Minister should declare through me
that Shaikh Hussain Chahkutah, Zair Khidhar _ Tangistam and Ghazanfar-es-
Sultaneh of Borasjun are rebels and outlaws in the eyes of Government and
the Nation and that orders should be sent from His Imperial Majesty e
Shah to
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Asbair to effect their arrest and removal to Tehran, the release
of the English prisoners and also the deportation oi YV assmuss.
153
Telegram P., No. 286, dated (and received) the 2nd December 1915.
p r0in —His Britannic Maiesty's Consul, Kerman, i _
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
There is nothing to report to-day.
154
Telegram dated (and received) the 2nd December 1915.
From— His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Yezd, Yezd,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
One German officer, ten Persian subjects left here for Kerman December
1st, destination said to be Khabis. /T ^ „ •
Addressed Kerman ; repeated Tehran, Sistan. Meshed, Simla (Delhi .).
158
Telegram P., No. 297, dated (and received) the 3rd December 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of Indiam the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi. v
A serious riot was nearly caused here by the Germans and democrats A
Persian soldier went to the Guard Room of the telegraph office and picked a
n,mrS with one of the guard and in the souffle was slightly stunned and not
Sslv iniured He pretended to be nearly killed and a well-known demo-
tnffl per went to the telegraph office and in spite of the doctors protests,
caniedhim off through the°bazar spreading the report that he had been beaten
bv order of Superintendent in the telegraph office.
The regiment turned out and threatened ? telegraph office and were stopped
only just in time by
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat. The democrats and Germans were quite
prepared to carry it on into a big riot.
Keueated to Busbire and Eoreign ; addressed to Tehran.
159
Telegram P., No. 291, dated the 4th (received 5th) December 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
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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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- Iranian Navy, Daryā Begī xx Persian Navy, Durya Beggee
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