File 3443/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Turkish and German intrigues in India' [6v] (17/366)
The record is made up of 1 volume (175 folios). It was created in 30 Jun 1914-3 Jul 1915. 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 volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of Pan-Islamic activists in India, Afghanistan and North Africa during the first year of the First World War. The correspondence is particularly concerned with possible German and Ottoman support for the activists in carrying out destabilising activities against British and other Allied regimes. The primary correspondents are: Foreign Office; 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Government of India; Admiralty; British Consul, Addis Ababa; British Embassy, Cairo; British Embassy, Constantinople; British Embassy, Rome; British Consulate, Smyrna; British Legation, Tehran. Much of the correspondence covers suspected anti-British agitators believed to be in or travelling to India. Other topics covered include:
- A reported purchase of rifles by a German company with the intention of arming Pan-Islamists in India (ff 165-175)
- A suggestion that Muslim rulers of Indian states should be persuaded to make pro-British statements (ff 137-140)
- Intelligence received from a German source that an unnamed Indian ruler has ordered a large amount of arms from Germany (ff 108-115)
- Reports that the German diplomat and archaeologist Max von Oppenheim is intending to stir up anti-British feeling in Iraq, Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan (ff 4-6 and 15-20).
The volume contains a single folio in French (f 41), a communication from the Russian Consul in Turbat-i-Haidari [Torbat-e Heydarieh], Persia. 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 (175 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3443 (German War/Persia) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/472-477. The volumes are divided into six 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 177; 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/10/472
- Title
- File 3443/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Turkish and German intrigues in India'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:40v, 42r:71v, 72ar, 72r:110v, 112r:114v, 116ar:116av, 116r:127v, 128ar:128bv, 128r:172v, 173ar, 173r:176v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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