File 390/1917 Pt 2 ‘Persia: exclusion of undesirable aliens from’ [86r] (126/188)
The record is made up of 1 item (93 folios). It was created in 26 May 1918-18 Jan 1923. 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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Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Lists of Enemy Agents Operating in Persia during the War.
Germans.
No.
Name.
Employment before
the War.
1
Dr. Becker, Ilenfig
2
Dr. Berghausen, George..
..
3
Capt. Bletcher ..
..
4
Bohnstorff, Eric
Wbnckhaus and Co
5
Dr. Consten
• • • •
6
Deitag
..
7
Eisenhut
Wonckhaus and Co.
8
Engilking
• • • •
9
Evieson
• • • •
10
Fasting
..
11
Friedrich
12
Dr. Gans, Captain
..
13
Griesinger
..
14
Gritzmacher
• • • •
15
Hailing
Wiinckhaus and Co.
16
Helmich, Erich .
» »
17
Von lien tig, Otto
..
18
Dr. Hoffmann ..
..
19
Holst, Andreas
Wonckhaus and Co.
20
Izinger, Walter
..
21
Jacob, Hans
..
22
Jarab..
.. ‘ •
23
Javas..
..
24
Jawisch
• •
25
Count Kanitz ..
Military attache at Tehran,
1910-1911
26
Von Kardorff ..
• •
27
Kinasch
28
Klein..
Military attache at Tehran
at outbreak of war
29
Kohler
..
30
Linders
Railway doctor, Bagdad..
31
Lisstock
In German Legation at
Tehran and consul at
Bushire for many years
32
Dr. Listemann ..
33
Litten ..
Secretary and dragoman
to German Legation,
Tehran ; consul at
Tabriz at the outbreak
of war
34
Von Louvain ..
.. • •
35
Manicke. Paul ..
Wonckhaus and Co.
36
Neumann, Captain
Captain of steamer on
Lake Urumia
37
Newmann
• • • •
38
Dr. Niedermeyer
Visited Persia in 1 ( J13 on
scientific mission
39
Captain Niedermeyer,
Oscar
[2903 t/—!]
Employmeut during the War.
With Jehad mission in Persia in 11)15.
With Niedermeyer on Jehad mission to
Afghanistan.
Commanded Persian cavalry at Qasr-i-
Shirin, Kerind, and Rermanshah, 1916-17.
Joined Wassmuss and later Zugmeyer in
Baluchistan.
With Jehad mission to Afghanistan.
German officer with Jangalis.
Wiinckbaus’ agent at Bushire. Helped to
finance Wassmuss’ mission.
At Bagdad in 1915, whence he directed
Persian operations.
With Zugmeyer’s expedition.
With Niedermeyer’s mission.
With Niedermeyer’s mission.
Medical officer at Kermanshah in 1916 with
enemy organisations.
Vice-consul at Kerman, 1915-16. Joined
Zugmeyer’s expedition.
Officer with Jangalis in 1918.
Wonckhaus’ agent in
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Wonckhaus’ agent at Ahwaz.
Head of mission to Kabul.
Officer with Jangalis in 1918.
Wonckhaus’ agent, Mohammerah.
With Niedmeyer’s mission.
With Niedmeyer’s mission.
With Jehad mission.
With Paschen at Herat.
With Afghanistan mission.
Chief military organiser of the disturbances
of 1915 in Tehran.
German Charge d’Affaires at Tehran, after
wards consul at Ispahan. Leader of
German activities in Ispahan and
Bakhtiari in 1916, when he planned an
attack on Ispahan in conjunction with
Peter Paschen and his Kashgai levies
Officer with Jangalis 1918.
Organised Nizam-es-Sultaneh’s Turco-
Persian force, and directed operations
from Aleppo.
Officer with Jangalis in 1918.
With Wassmuss in South Persia.
With Zugmeyer at Kerpian, 1915.
In collusion with Kais Ali Tangistani and
Wassmuss.
With German and Austrian Ministers at
Kermanshah in April 1915.
Worked with Nizam-es-Sultaneh and
mobilised Persian regiments at Kerman
shah during the Turkish occupation.
Agent at Lingah.
On list (found by Russians at Kain) of
German agents and those who would
assist them.
Officer with Jangalis in 1918.
Doctor to Afghanistan mission.
Leader of Jehad mission to Afghanistan.
B 2
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This part contains correspondence relating to the desire of the British Government to prevent ‘undesirable aliens’ from entering Persia [Iran].
Much of the correspondence relates to: the suggestion of Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Acting British Minister to Persia, Teheran [Tehran], that the British Government should create a ‘black list’ of ‘enemy’ subjects (German, Austrian, Swedish and Swiss) who operated as ‘enemy agents’ who engaged in hostile measures against British interests in Persia during the First World War, and that the Persian Government should be required to inform Germany and Austria that no individual included in the list would be permitted to enter Persia for a period of ten years; and the Persian Government subsequently removing the prohibition placed on the return to Persia of black-listed Germans.
The part also includes correspondence regarding the application of two Swiss subjects, Henri Hildebrand and Fritz Ernst Raaflaub, for permission to travel to Persia, to represent the Schweiz Handelsgesellschaft für Persien company.
The main correspondents include the 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. , the Foreign Office, the War Office, and Cox.
This part includes a letter in French from Sir P Cox to Vossugh-ed-Dowleh, 16 May 1919 (folio 85).
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