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File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality' [125r] (254/348)
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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interfered openly in our affairs. They did whatever they
likea. One day without our knowledge they divided our
country into spheres of influence, another day they sent
troops into our country etc., etc. What Persian is there
wno is not heartoroken by the heartrending events in
Azerbaijan, Kasvin, Resht, Holy Meshed and the overbearing
acts of the Russians towards the honoured sacred enclosure
of 8tn Iman? Is the unjust and unnecessary interference
of the representatives of the two nations and the subject
making games of the Consuls and Agents (to which
the Blue Looks testify) forgotten? This is why the Persian
who remembers these above mentioned sad events and also
ponders this telegram is compelled to say that he is seeing
a cream as I too thinking I am dreaming wish to see what is
meant by this telegram and what is wanted of us. Once
again 1 will examine some of the sentences and try to dis-
cover their meaning.
According to news from British Consul Odessa ships
have bombarded that town and burnt a sugar
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and
has done so and so to the French and Russian ships, which
has aroused the wrath of the British Empire. According to
the Governor of Odessa, these ships belonged to Turkey and
it is probable that these acts will have a bad effect in
respect of Anglo-Turkish friendship. In this connexion
tne /iceroy of India has thought it proper to inform the
Princes and people of India of British integrity and Turkish
breach of good faith and in this case that with which he
accuses the ottoman Government is as if he went alone to
the judge and made his complaint in the absence of the
cefenoant and what is more amusing still he leaves the
decision of this case to the peoples of India who are
enslaved
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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.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/479
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality'
- Pages
- 123r:130v
- Author
- Mirza Abbas Yezdi
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