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File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915' [187r] (382/404)
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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[This Document is the Property of
His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and
should be returned to the
required for official use.]
Foreign Office when done with unless
PERSIA 0
Political,
Do cypher telegram 'from Sir Townley (Tehran)
cl» -
pjn u January 28th, 1915.
r, 11
I did not repeat Colonel Cox's telegrams
Nos.157 and 141 from Basrah as I presume you have
received them from
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.
,
Minister for Foreign Affairs was with me again
when I received them. I therefore communicated
substance of their contents to His Highness, I
urged that no time should he lost in taking neces
sary steps through Bakhtiarijg or otherwise to
protect British subjects and property more espe
cially oil fields. His Highness replied that
the matter would receive immediate attention and
that Persian frontier would be defended though
this, he added, might (group undecypheratio ? mean)
war with Turkey. Representations, he said, have
already been made to Turkish Ambassador here
and at Constantinople. Position of Persian Govern
ment is very delicate as pro-Turkish or rather
anti-Russian movement has attained such dimensions
that it is doubtful if a declaration of war wou-a
be approved by people. I have also telegraphed uo
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.
Jang and
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.
Bahadur calling upon them
upon receipt of orders from Tehran to do their
utmost to protect British property.
I will also move
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.
Assad and Samsam-Es-
Sultaneh who are here, in same sense.
Repeated to India and Basrah.
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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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- 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