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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [52v] (113/490)
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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215
Telegram P., No. S. 946, dated the 14th September 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan (repeated to Tehran).
Please see telegram sent by Officer Commanding, Nasratabad, to Chief of
the General Staff, Simla, dated 13th September. The Government of India do
not consider it desirable that, in pursuit of German parties, you should re
quisition Officer Commanding to send small detachments of troops. Such
detachments might be annihilated before support could come to their aid and
at all costs any such reverse to our troops is to be avoided.
216
Telegram P., No. 127, dated (and received) the 14th September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Kerman, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Germans. Without reference to me Governor-General has given an
assurance of safety to Nazim and each day the latter goes home and returns
to the Germans for the night. In regard to the German who is returning to
Ispahan, local report persists that he is the individual who came from Kain.
Repeated to Tehran and Birjand.
217
Telegram P., No. 1940, dated (and received) the 14th September 1915.
From—The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sie P. Z. Cox, K.C.I.E. C.S.I.
Political Kesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
I have received the following from Consul, Hamadan, dated 13th Septem
ber :— Begins,
It is reported from Kermanshah that about thirty loads German muni
tions of war have arrived, including iron for fortification and land mines. By
degrees some three hundred Turkish troops wearing Persian caps with German
badges have been smuggled into Kermanshah, and also about seventy Baghdad
German have arrived. German Consul wants to raise twenty thousand. 0 men
to reinforce Turkish troops at Baghdad and continues to enlist men. Addressed
to His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran, repeated to Cox. Ends.
Repeated to General Staff and to General Officer Commanding, Porce iC D M »
218
Telegram P., No. 217 C., dated (and received) the 14th September 1915.
Irom Major F. B. Prideaux, C.I.E., His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan
and Kain, J
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Please refer to your telegram No. 936 S. of the 11th September. In the
(opinion?) of the Medical Officer (Vice-Consul), Sistan Consulate, unless huts
are constructed without delay they will not dry and the men will be safer if
they remain in tents, mud walls being thrown up round each tent to shelter
the occupants from the wind. Huts would dry, our chief mason says, if they
were built of old bricks which had been sun dried, but not if new bricks are
made. 1 do not think that a sufficient quantity of old bricks can be purchased
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:41v, 42ar, 42r:42v, 43ar, 43r:48v, 50r:96v, 100r:122v, 123ar, 123r:145v, 148r:183v, 185r:212v, 213ar, 213r:219v, 220ar, 220r:222v, 223ar, 223r:238v, back-i
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