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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [‎37r] (80/490)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1915-21 Nov 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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collect crowds and that any purchases that they might require would be made for
them by the sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. guarding them. The Governor has per^d ted ten men
Turks or Arabs, who say that they belonged to the party which has arrived Tt’
We ^ul 0 u * “ itS j° ume y “Persia, to cross thXntier
at Kuhsan and has brought them to Herat and interned them in the Baeh-i-Sliah
He hl \s sent back to Persia, with two sowars, Asgharzada, the Persian who accom
panied the party. On August 31st Colonel Abdur Rauf, command^ the wa“d
over the party, reported that the Governor had allowed four of the party to Sra
to collect the property which they had left on the frontier. These were perhaps
Paschen and the four Austrians of whom Major Prideaux has heard The
Governor has refused to allow the Germans to take photographs of the shrines in
Herat but they have visited Gazurgah and are said to have made plans of Herat
and lists of vdlagesm the neighbourhood but they cannot have had an opportun ty
of making surveys of any value. They asked the Commander of the Troops for
permission to inspect the troops but he has refused it, in the absence of ordersfrom
the Amir, and he has also refused to receive a visit in the Ark from the Germans
ine Germans have been allowed to visit shrines in and near Herat.
On September 1st the Governor visited the Bagh-i-Shah and warned the
party to be ready to start for Kabul on Sunday, September 5th. Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 10 000
Kabuh have been placed at the disposal of Habibullah Khan for their entertain-
ment on the way.
A force of sowars said to number 200 is being detained on the frontier at Chah-
rig until orders come from the Amir. The sowars say that they belong to a
Turkish party. ®
Political Summary.
Condition of the Country. — The country is much disturbed owino- to the
quarrel between the Barbaris and Taimuris. The Commander of the Troops
and M. de Beauvais, when at Shaban-i-Garma, saw eight large villages entirely
deserted, and fugitives from the hills came to beg for food. The Taimuris, though
they say that 500 families of the tribe have been ruined, do not appear to be
prepared for peace.
Nishabur is very disturbed. Mashallah is plundering the neighbourhood
and the Governor and the financial agent are plundering the town. The Shikari
robbers, after a raid on Budkan near Chinaran, are being besieged in Khij by Kar-
balai Husain of Daulatabad, whose men are robbing the caravanserias on the
Gulmakan road.
Cart-drivers, being Russian subjects, have presented a formal petition to my
Colleague to complain of the insecurity of the roads. One of them, Nasrullah,
has been attacked at Kudamgar near Nishabur. The robbers took from him five
horses, 70 tumans in cash and a parcel worth 200 tumans. Mirza Hussain
Khan, Governor of Bulukat, has been attacked by 30 Shikari robbers, who killed
three of his men and captured a fourth.
The post and travellers have been robbed at Hauz-i-Ghulam between Sabza-
war and Nishabur.
T. W. HAIG, Lieut.-Colonel,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and
Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan.
G. M. Press, Simla.—No. C-4I0 F.D.—12-10-15.—28.—E.A.

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The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.

The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Embassy, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.

The volume contains a single folio in French (f 184), a communication from the Russian Ambassador in London.

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.

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1 volume (238 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 238; 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.

A previous foliation sequence between ff 121-127, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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