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File 390/1917 Pt 1 ‘Persia: proceedings of Mr. Otto Brandley, representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman’ [180r] (127/252)
The record is made up of 1 item (126 folios). It was created in 22 May 1915-30 Oct 1918. 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 NO. 1.
5th October, 1916.
REPORT by James Baker ol his interview with r. 0.
Brandly in London on his return from Kerman, Persia.
kr. Brandly at my request came to London about the
20th may.
lie reported what had taken place in Kerman which
was virtually covered by his written statement ol the 12th
January, 1916, but with the following important addition.
vdien Mr. Zugraayer took possession ol' the stock of
carpets he agreed to leave the cash with Brandly condi-
‘tional to the cash being handed over if called for.
Nothing further is stated in his report with regard to
this transaction. Mr. Brandly now informs me that i/fr.
Zugmayer called for the cash amounting to icpoo
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
and gave Jx. Brandly a receipt in duplicate. Mr. Brandly
was then allowed to forward the original receipt (addres
sed to himself at Zurich) in the German Consular bag
which was to go to Berlin via Baghdad Constantinople
✓
Berlin. The duplicate receipt he left at his house in
Kerman - keeping a copy to submit to me, and 1 got him to
give me a signed declaration of this transaction, which
reads as follows
25th ,ay, 1916.
The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd.,
LONDON.
10.000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
t 1 x 011 by the Hermans .
Dear Sirs,
> When the English Colony had to evacuate Kerman,
and I therefore knew that there would exist no possibility
of getting cash to continue the work for Messrs. Britz &
La Rue Company at New York, I took the cash out of the
Bank.
When the Germans confiscated the business they
also/
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This part contains correspondence and 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. minute papers mostly concerning whether the Swiss subject Otto Brandly (also spelled Brandley in the papers), who was suspected by the British Government of having pro-German sympathies, should be allowed return to Persia [Iran], as a representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman [Kirmān].This part also includes correspondence regarding the claim of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, against the Persian and German Governments for confiscation of their property at Kerman.
The main correspondents are as follows: 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 Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited; the Foreign Office; Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister, Tehran; and the War Office.
This part includes a copy of a telegram in French from Otto Brandly to President Motta, Berne, dated Kerman 22 May 1915 (folio 240).
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- File 390/1917 Pt 1 ‘Persia: proceedings of Mr. Otto Brandley, representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman’
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- 141r:142v, 145r:145v, 165r:165v, 176r:177v, 180r:182v, 188r:188v
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