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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [‎138r] (285/490)

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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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In flip course of a conversation which lasted more than an hour His
(1) Deputy Governor,
After some little fencing on both sides His Excellency named his
own choices, mz .:—• J
(i) Mushir-ul-Mulk (an old and somewhat moth-eaten retainer of the
Zill-us-Sultan.
(/e) Rukn-ul-Mulk (the present Head of the local Tribunal-Adliyeh)
brother of the Qawam-ud-Dowleh—Mutammid-i-Khaqan—*
formerly Governor-General of Ispahan.
(m) Mirza Ahmad Khan Mir Panjeh, whose name and qualifications
are known to you.
His Excellency said that No. 1 having refused the choice lay between
Nos. 2 and 3. Personally he inclined to No. 2, but would wish to be guided by
our private advice. X gave my unqualified and my Colleague a somewhat
qualified assent to His Excellency’s choice.
(2) The Pulpit and the Press.
His Excellency on his own accord brought in the question of the
“ Mimber ” and my Colleague (who seems even more susceptible than other
llussians of my acquaintance to the utterances of the Press) brought in that
of the local rag “ Zayandeh Roud” remarking on the fact that the Editor
thereof holds the post of Public Procurator attached to the Adliyeh.
His Excellency gave us very profuse assurances that both the Clergy and
the newsmongers will be forced by him to observe the declared neutrality of
Persia.
(3) The Police.
After consulting us as to the desirability of maintaining in office the
present Acting Chief of Police (Sultan Mahmud Khan of the gendarmerie),
His Excellency himself hesitated between this course and the appointment of
Mirza Ahmad Khan Mir Panjeh to the post—Sardar-i-Asbjaa said that he had
been passing sleepless nights in his earnest consideration of the question of the
local Police, the number of whom (130 or thereabouts) as at present sanc
tioned in the provincial budget is absolutely inadequate. He was about to
apply to Tehran for an increase. My Colleague and 1 to whom His Excellency
appealed to support this application seized the opportunity to point out that
the enrolment here of a larger number of untrained police would hardly make
matters better, but we undertook to give our fullest support to an application
which His Excellency declared himself prepared to make for a hundred
trained policemen from Tehran. I pointed out that the sum sanctioned
for the military budget (Ts. 4,200 per month) was far in excess of the
local requirements. As a matter of fact the number of officers and sarbazes
maintained out of it (150 to 200) absorbed only about Ts. 1,800 per month, tho
major part went into somebody’s pocket. JBy transferring Ts. 2,000 from
the Military to the Police Budget it should be possible to increase the police
force very considerably. His Excellency said that he would examine this
question with the Acting Comptroller of Finance with a view to seeing how
far it would be possible to approach the desideratum for the Ispahan Police,
viz., 500 men.
(4) Gendarmerie.
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Ashjaa said that, while he was anxious to do everything in his
power to maintain the neutrality of Persia, he would like to feel that in so
doing he would be fully supported. He broadly hinted at the possibility of
the gendarmerie turning against him, and alluded to the many reports current
regarding the pro-German proclivities of the local gendarmerie officers.
M. Hildebrandt and I assured His Excellency .that in our opinion he could
rely most fully, as we did ourselves, on the loyalty of Captain (xleerup (for
other officers we could not speak) and that as to the possibility to which His

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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)
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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