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File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality' [48r] (100/348)
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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Azerbaijai to
woulJl Itave the s^ueBtio ie comceril isr*tht Bussiai Miileter
*
& would corite it iiiyeelf witi: ig sont remaxks upo i tht
Bubjtct; or Persia *b otbervaict of her declared leutrality . It
wae true that BOkie loufct had bee j i felt ae to the toie of the
oroteets addreseed to the Turk!si Coverue it 01 the subject o'"
Turkey’s violatioi of Fereien territory , ^ it ^pp held in
sO):e quarters that these/ r>rote c tations had beei couch el ii
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very rcild terms # I could »ay uothi-ier of this as T had lot
seen the lote or notes in question, and T most i?!edly sccent-
ed 'Us "Tig less* eol/emn assure ices that Persia’s neutrality
had been strictly observed. What I could state, however, was
that the
munshis
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
of the Turkish Srbassy, the German Legation
and the Austrian Legation were conducting opealy aad a,s
far as I -new, without my nroteet on the cart of the Govern-
melt, a most violent campaign against the allies, the object
of which was to excite that most dangerous weapon, religious
opinion, against us, I had teen assured by many people that 4air
this movement is assuming very serious ororoEtfone, and that,
if steps were not taken at once to check it, it may so swell
in volume that the Government ^ill be powerless to cope with t
it. Such action appeared to me to constitute a violation of
Persia’s jneutrality.il her very capital that the Government ^
should take steps to counteract. I was fully swgre that some
of the warn!ngs came from selfinterested people but others
emanated from perrons who had no are to ?riod and T had the
best Possible reasons for believing that the movement was stim
ulated by German gold.
Further, I said, the attitude of the Swedish in-
structore in the service of the Persian Government ie most
regrettable. They appeared quite unable to restrain their
4
hostility towards us or to conceal their strong sympathy
with Germany. To these sentiments they give vent loufcljr
in
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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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