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File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’ [246r] (499/531)
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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The opinions of the Colony in Shiraz, which natur
ally are Major O’Connor’s opinions, are absolutely
opposed to the opinion of the Bushire powers that be.
The Bushire people only know Bushire which is not
Persia, and the high handed actions of Bushire have
been the cause of all our trouble up country. In the
first place, the deportation of the German Consul by the
British followed by the occupation of Bushire - the
lowering of the Persian flag - have been used as trump
cards by the Germans in stirring up the tribes in the
South of Persia against us.
The flag has since been raised and the Persians
are laughing at us.'
The German Consul Wassmus told me himself that he
could have done nothing here with the tribes, had not
the British played into his hands. Of course the
Germans have been spending money ri$it and left in
bribes, they bought the gendarmerie, paid up all arrears
of pay, supplied them with new clothes, and warm bed
clothes - it is more than suspected the Swedish officers
are in their pay.
Had we spent, as many have told me, just a mere
£2000 here at the beginning of things there would have
been no trouble with Germans or with the tribes.
One of the head Khans of the trioes round Bushire
told me himself that they had always been great friends
with us - but on account of the violation oi
neutrality - the landing of troops, the closing of
trade routes and other actions of the British, they
intended to fight to a finish. The worst of it all is
that every time they fire a few shots at the sentries
exaggerated reports are sent up country. To give you an
instance
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/582
- Title
- File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
- Pages
- 32r:32v, 202r:203v, 244r:248v
- Author
- Christmas, Jess
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