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File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915' [139v] (287/404)
The record is made up of 1 volume (196 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916. 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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Foreigners {Amendment), [ordinance vii, 1914 j
3ALCTTTTA : PRINTED
BY SUPDT. GOVT.
PRINTING, INDIA, 8, HASTINGS STREET..
Insertion of
new section,
after
section 3.
Power as to
Companies
and Associa
tions.
Amendment
of section 4,
Foreigners
Ordinance,
1914.
as the Governor General in Council may
impose or shall deal with any such pro
perty in such manner as the Governor
General in Council may direct.”
3. After section 3 of the said Ordinance the fol
lowing section shall be inserted, namely—
“ 3A. The power conferred by section 3 may be
exercised, so far as the same may be
applicable, in respect of any company or
association, or body of individuals
whether incorporated or not, of which
any member or officer is a foreigner and
which has an office,
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
or place of
business in British India.”
4. (1) Section 4 of the said Ordinance shall be
renumbered section 4, sub-section (1), and in the said
sub-section as renumbered, for the word “ foreigner ”
the word “ person ” shall be substituted.
{2) After section 4 (1) as renumbered, the follow
ing sub-section shall be added, namely :—
c ' {2) Where a company, association, or body of
individuals has done any act which is an
offence under sub-section (I), every mem
ber or officer of such company, association
or body who is knowingly a party to such
act, shall be deemed to have committed
an offence under the said sub-section.”
HARDINGE OF PENSHURST,
Viceroy and Governor General.
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- Content
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields.
The volume covers:
- The Arab movement in Mesopotamia.
- Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [Ahvāz, Iran], to protect the oilfields.
- Spreading of the jihad movement amongst Arab tribes, seceding from Sheikh of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].
- Withdrawal of British subjects from Ahwaz.
- Pipeline and telegraph line damaged by Bawi tribe near Ahwaz.
- Sheikh of Mohammerah's defeat of the Bawi tribe, in February 1915.
- German intrigues, and the arrest and deportation of the former German Consul at Bushire and of German agents.
- Russian defeat of Turkish forces at Dilman, Azerbaijan, in March 1915.
- Turkish occupation of Kasr-i-Shirin.
- Movements of German agents; protest of Persian Government against.
- Evacuation of British and Russians from Kerman.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: 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. ; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe, Foreign Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; 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. ; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Strick, Scott and Co; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
There is a letter in French within the file, from the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (196 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 198; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/482
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 20ar:20av, 20r:34v, 36r:36v, 37ar:37av, 37r:43v, 46r:145v, 148r:197v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence