File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia' [‎10r] (24/708)

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The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these.

The volume covers:

• Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia.
• Various German attempts to remit money to Shiraz via French, Dutch, and British banks, for the use of the German Legation at Tehran.
• Correspondence intercepted and individuals suspected, at Bombay and in Persia.
• Black list of Persian firms with whom trading is prohibited (ff 209-211).
• Financial transactions between Persia and India.
• Black list of Persian individuals accused of trading with enemy firms (f 136).
• Restitution of sums confiscated after the end of the War.

The volume’s principal correspondents are: Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Murray Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; L Robertson and John Edwin Clapham Jukes, Secretaries to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Alfred Hamilton Grant and Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Secretaries to the Government of India; Arthur Hirtzel, Leonard Day Wakely, 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 Henry Lucas, Commissioner in Sind; Foreign Trade Department; War Trade Department; Government of India, Department of Commerce and Industry; H C B Mitchell, Custodian of Enemy Property at Bombay; George Newell, Imperial Bank of Persia Manager; the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking; Heyn, Franc & Co; Klemantaski, Bates & Co.

There are some letters in French, from the French Embassy in London.

Extent and format

1 volume (349 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 351; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-349; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

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