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File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality' [29r] (62/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1914-5 Mar 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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[Th is Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and
should be returned to the Foreign Office when dene wt^fa-Tmisss
Decyplier of telegram from Sir ,/.Townley (Tehran).
No.45. Confidential.
In the course of a visit he paid me yesterday
afternoon the prime Minister asked my advice as to what
should now he done about the Vali Ahd going to Tabriz.
He said that His Highness was already on his way in a
house just outside Tehran and that the Shah is most
anxious that he should proceed.
I replied that the situation appeared to me to be
much changed by manner in which the Russian troops had
had to return to Azerbaijan after having retired before
advance of Turkish military force, province had now
fairly come within radius of Russian military operations.
In the circumstances it did not appear to me judicious
or proper to send Vali Ahd to Tabriz without ascertain
ing for certain that it would be agreeable to the
Russian Government that he should go there. Moreover.
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Reshid had displayed remarkable tact and strength
of character during recent occu P^^^ l ( 0f cit ' y ’ an<i lt '
seemed to me that position of pcmmonee would be a very
delicate one in a Persian town under foreign military
administration. I urged (? on) His Highness (? that)
moment would be ill-chosen to again ask Rusoian Gov
ernment to withdraw their troops and I pointed out tnat
their presence in force in Tabriz was really of g.eat
assistance to the Persian Government in maintaining
neutrality of Persia since it could not fail to calm
the ardour of the violent pro-Turkish party which had
made itself so evident and so objectionable here during
required for official use.]
POLITICAL .
(d. Feb.1st 1915. 4.30 p.m. r. 3.0 a.m. Feb. 2nd).
temporary
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The volume concerns diplomatic tensions between Persian, Ottoman, Russian and British Governments, at the outset of the First World War (Anglo-German war in the file). The main focus is the Russian occupation of Tabriz and Persian Azerbaijan, ending with Persia's neutrality in 1914.
The volume covers:
- Persian neutrality and declaration of war between Turkey and Great Britain.
- Russian troops in Azerbaijan, and their withdrawal from Tabriz.
- British interests in Azerbaijan and Tabriz.
- Christian minorities in Persian Azerbaijan.
- Defeat of Shuja-ed-Dowleh in December 1914.
- Anglo-Turkish war: departure of British Consul and British residents from Tabriz and Urmia; Persian towns occupied; movements of Turkish troops.
- Reply of Turkish legation at Tehran to British document stating the causes to join the war, printed on the Persian newspaper Ra'd (ff 111-115).
- Translation of an anti-British proclamation issued at Isfahan, commenting on the outbreak of hostilities between Turkey and Great Britain, signed by Mirza Abbas Yezdi (ff 123-130).
- Looting of properties of the Russian Consul at Soujboulak [sic, in the Tabriz region] by Turkish troops.
There are some letters in French, from the Consul General for Persia at Calcutta.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Louis du Pan Mallet and Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe, Foreign Office; Walter Beaupre Townley, British Minister at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; George William Buchanan, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia; Ernst Bristow, Acting Consul General at Isfahan.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; 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 3-170; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:21v, 23r:33v, 37r:70v, 73r:110v, 116r:122v, 131r:156v, 157v:160v, 164r:171v, back-i
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