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File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’ [79r] (162/531)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1915-4 Sep 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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v'rom Viceroy, Voreig/Department, 28tbrj1rne 191 6.
Secret. Shiraz prisoners. In continuation of
2ith June. Cox telegraphs as follows :—
our telegram
25 thJ.me Se ^ corres P on<lence endi[ »S with Bushire telegram 1338, dated
“ Perhaps the Government of India have the advantage of knowing what
was t le precise material and records on which the Foreign Office and India
Office based decision communicated in Minister’s telegram No 199 dated
17th June, to Bush,re. It may be that records before them only dealt with
the isolated offences of hostile Khans m holding British subjects in open
uire,t, and that previous enormities and depredations of the'said Khans
were not fully taken into account.
“ In any case their decision did not appear to contemplate even in last
ieb.oi . ie £ lant of )7 any assurances of pardon, whether sincere
or insincere, a course which His Majesty’s Minister now suggests apparently
on his own authority. ^ J
“ Briefly speaking the position is that the question of health and
convenience of a small party of British subjects, possibly for a further three
months during a time of war, when there are 4emied-?-^tate-iir) British
prisoners in much worse plight has, or may ultimately, to be weighed
agamst a serious blow to the national good name and influence of Great
Britain in Pars and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports. We shall be humiliated before
oui friends. I o an extent the interests and prestige involved are the
particular care and trust of the Government of India. His Majesty’s
Legation, situated as it is in a different atmosphere and surroundings, is not
and never has been fully able to appreciate them yet. His Majesty’s Minister
is now disposing of them in direct communication with His Majesty’s
Government.
“ The Government of India will, I am sure, agree that it is due by them
to those of its loyal servants who are devoting their health and energies to
the maintenance of British prestige in the Gulf, and on whom the humiliation
will fall, to make sure that before a decision is come to give any sort
assurances of pardon to those rebel Khans. All the correspondence and the
pros and cons, including Major Trevor’s present telegram, should be laid
before His Majesty’s Government.
“ Bushire being within the sphere of responsibility of General Officer
Commanding of this force, and measures for its protection be taken from
here, it will perhaps be considered whether the matter should not be placed
before the War Committee. The prisoners are prisoners made by German
enemies, and as Trevor remarks there seems no adequate reason why
humiliating concessions should be made in their case than in that of the
Baghdad ladies.
“ P.S.—Before above was actually despatched, a copy of Minister’s
telegram No. 215, of 2Gth June, has reached me, but as it does not cause me
to modify my views on the main issues, and adds to my fears that all the
pros and cons have not been before His Majesty’s Government, I see no
reason to stop it.
“ Addressed to Foreign, repeated to Teheran and Bushire.”
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The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other employees of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, and other British subjects.
The papers also concern: the arrested British men being deported to Borazjun [Borazjan, also spelled Borasgun in the volume] with their wives and families, from where the female members of the group were sent to Bushire, and most of the men were moved to the neighbourhood of Ahram, where they were held prisoners of the Tangistani Khans and the German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss; negotiations for the release of the prisoners, including the possibility of the release of captured German or Austrian or Tangistani prisoners in exchange for the release of the British prisoners; the release of all the Ahram prisoners except Major O’Connor on 10 August 1916, and the subsequent release of Major O’Connor on 20 August 1916.
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; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); 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. , and the Deputy 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. (Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; Jess Christmas (whose husband, an official of the Indo European Telegraph Department, was one of the British subjects being held captive); and Livingstone Zeytoon and Company, Manchester.
The papers consist of 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. Political and Secret Department minute papers.
The file includes three documents in French: a note verbale from the French Ambassador to London, Paul Cambon, 6 February 1916; a telegram from Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of France, to Cambon, 4 February 1916; and a note from the German Minister in Athens to the Greek Government, February 1916.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (260 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 334 (Pt 1 German War - Persia, and Pt 2 Persia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/582-583. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; 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.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 33r:56v, 58r:91v, 94r:116v, 117ar:117av, 117r:157v, 160r:166v, 167ar, 167r:175v, 178r:201v, 204r:211v, 215r:217v, 220r:229v, 231r:237v, 242r:243v, 249r:254v, 255v:261v, back-i
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