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File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia' [49r] (102/519)
The record is made up of 1 volume (257 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1915-3 Dec 1915. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, IW
and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with
unless required for official use.]
No r 296r
Swedish Gendarmerie may he now considered as
practically an enemy force and most Swedish officers
hardly make even a pretence of being neutralc It is
nevertheless difficult to advance actual proof of in
stances of miisconduct but if judged by results their
partiality to Germans is indisputable,
Law against carrying arms is well known and has
in the past been very strictly enforced so much so
that Sir W, Townley was stopped by the Gendarmerie
for having a sporting rifle in his car while a cart
containing arms of the Legation’s Indian escort was
stopped on the way to Gulahek while in charge of non
commissioned officer and taken to the police stationr
It is therefore obvious that if Gendarmerie had exe
cuted the law against the Germans, passage of armed
German parties with convoys of arms would not have
been possible^ 9^.4
Two of the Swedish officers Rejosette and Gleerup
have admitted to me that they were instructed not to
interfere with Germansc
Again about a week ago three cartloads of ammuni
tion were being conveyed by night to the chief German
recruiting agent in Teheran* Police wished to seize
t them hut refrained from doing so because of Gendarmerie
rs
Hr 1*25 p.mc, August 27th 1915,
escortr
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The volume concerns the Persian Gendarmerie in southern Persia (Fars), and the pro-German feelings of the Swedish officers who were part of it.
The volume covers:
- Accusations against Swedish officers employed by the Persian Gendarmerie in Fars, suggesting that they have been abandoning their neutrality to support German interests.
- Anti British attitude of Swedish officers; request for their withdrawal.
- Consignment of arms and ammunitions at Bushire, for the use of the Persian Gendarmerie.
- List of Swedish officers in service for the Persian Gendarmerie.
- Alleged intrigues by Major Previtz and other Swedish officers.
- Conditions offered to the Swedish officers of the Gendarmerie for their withdrawal from Fars.
- Proposed subvention for the Gendarmerie.
- Situation at Tehran.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Hardinge, Viceroy 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. ; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; the Swedish Legation in London; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Esme Howard, British Consul at Stockholm; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Thomas William Holderness and 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. ; William Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul at Shiraz; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia.
The volume contains some letters in French, from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from Gustav Edwall and Gustav Hjalmar Previtz, Persian Gendarmerie.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (257 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 259; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/484
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:43v, 46r:47r, 48r:56v, 59r:152v, 160r:175v, 181r:188v, 192r:197v, 203r:247v, 250r:257v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence