File 1110/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: SITUATION (JAN-APL 1916). Miscellaneous' [‎50v] (105/550)

2nd Expedition.
- r assmuss at Shiraz and joined Zugmeyer at Kerman. He has no military
3 Slt j 2 hrr TVedig is a non-commissioned officer, regiment unknown. Was
servant of Prince Reuss at Tehran, and attached to the expedition by the
a serv;
latter.
The above are all Germans. . , t • xt. t.-, .
Doctor Biach is an Austrian and a savant interested m the history of
culture. Is liable to military service, but when war broke out he was. travel
ling in Sistan and thereabouts and unable to get home. He therefore joined the
• Zugmeyer expedition at Kermsn. He is the cashier of the expedition and a
1 non-commissioned officer belonging to the reserve.
At the beginning of January 1916 the above were all the Europeans with
this expedition at Kerman, but Bohnstorff had gone to Yazd to meet a fairly
large reinforcement of Austrians^ ^numbers unknowm. In addition to these
Europeans there were a number of native Levies, consisting of Persians,
Afghans, Indians (mainly Baluchis). Winckelmann one day saw 150 paid and
more were expected. These men were all armed.
3rd Expedition.
Consul was Consul in Bushire before the war. Was in Ger--
many on leave and was sent out with Winckelmann and others as leader of the
expedition into Afghanistan. He made himself unpopular and at Aleppo was
deposed. He was then given a separate command and Winckelmann believes his
locus operandi was Shiraz. With him w r as Herr Bohnstorff mentioned above
and
Doctor Lenders. He was the railway doctor at Baghdad. Winckelmann
has had letters from him but has not met him. He had left Baghdad before
he arrived.
With the exception of the above information Winckelmann knows nothing
of this expedition.
4th Expedition.
This consists of a large number of German officers who entered the
Turkish Army and were operating at Basrah and Nasiriyah with the lurkish
forces. After the ba+tle of Nasiriyah they senarated from the Turkish forces
and went back to Baghdad. After Winckelmann had left the latter place he
heart that this expedition had gone down to the Karun river and he believes
them still to be there. This expedition consists of at least twenty German
officers and a large number of German civilians. All of these civilians had
become Turkish officers. Their numbers are unknown. On proceeding to the
Karun river they left Turkish service All their names were published in the