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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [113r] (234/490)
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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Telegram P., No. S. 720, dated the 24th July 1915.
^De^rtmt't!slml^ Go ~ nt o£ India 'he Foreign and Political
To- The Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in
Baluchistan, Quetta (repeated to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister,
Please refer to vour telegram, dated 21st July 1915, No. 666 C. Orders are
being despatched to Quetta Arsenal for issue of 100 magazine rifles with 100
rounds per rifle without delay. These arms will be issued on understanding
that as soon as present crisis is over they are to be returned.
Your proposals in connection with tribal arrangements and postings of
officers are approved by the Government of India. Despatch of troop°s to
Gwadar is out of the question at present. 1
Vll
164
Telegram P., No. S. 721, dated the 24th July 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and Agent to the Government of
India in Khorasan, Meshed (repeated to His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Tehran).
Please refer to your telegram, dated 21st July, No. 45 C. You are
authorised to grant proposed ration allowance.
Any force you may raise and any men whom you may send to Consul,
Siatan, should be given to understand by you that they are free to deal with
German parties and that they will be rewarded in a generous manner if they
succeed.
. 165
Telegram P, No. S. 722, dated the 24th July 1915,
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain (repeated to His Britannic
Majesty's Minister, Tehran, and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General
and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, Meshed).
Your telegram No. 126 C., dated 20th July. At any rate until reinforce*
ments arrive Government of India are not disposed to sanction immediate
despatch of troops to Sistan from Kacha. Troops at Kacha will be sent instruc
tions to intercept and destroy any party of Germans which is reported to
be passing in that vicinity. We must depend on Russian Cossacks and such
co-operation as you can give them with Hazaras sent from Meshed and men
you raise locally as regards German parties moving towards Birjand and
Ahwaz. Indeed, it is considered that we must depend mainly on such action
as you can arrange through local tribesmen so far as Sistan and Nainat are
concerned and you should do all in your power to arrange this. In view of
tactics which have been adopted by Germans, you should understand that
you are at liberty to subsidize local tribesmen in every way possible in order
to induce them to deal with these parties, and as has already been stated you
may offer rewards freely in the event of success being achieved.
Orders are being sent for the twenty men of 103th Hazara Pioneers to
report themselves without delay to Vice-Consul, Sistan.
You are authorised to make any arrangement which may seem possible
with Consul-General, Meshed, for obtaining Hazaras and arms from there.
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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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