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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [138v] (286/490)
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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S3
Excellency had alluded, of Sweden entering field of war in support of
Germany, His Majesty’s Minister in Tehran alluding to reports to this effect
circulated by the Germans, had qualified any such action on the part of
Sweden as an absolute impossibility.
Throughout the interview above reported I was careful to adopt the
most friendly phraseology and, in compliance with the instructions conveyed
in your telegram No. 53 of the 18th instant, to avoid anv appearance* of
endeavouring to wring conditions from the
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. All the proposals
made by His Excellency were spontaneous.
In this connection it may he of interest to you to know that at a meetino*
of Bakhtiari Ulama notables and merchants held on luth instant at the house
of Sadr-ul-Ulama (please refer to my telegram No. 124 of 17th instant)—as
I am informed—a telegram from the Cabinet was read appointing
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 Governor-General, the wording of which excited the suspicions of the
Clergy present and caused some of them to declare that in their belief the
Government was laying a trap and intended eventually to despatch Prince
IS usrat-us-Sultaneh hither probably without giving any previous notice.
. ^ s hall not fail to use my best endeavours to conjure any suspicions of
this nature from the mind of
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 and shall continue to “ mark
time ” till I receive some other word of command from you.
. 1 P r °pose however to profit by the present apparently favourable disposi
tion of the new Governor-General to press for settlement of various lomr-
outstandmg British cases (more particularly certain claims of th«
I have, &c.,
&c., &c., &c.,
Tehran.
IJiave addressed the following telegram to the Chief of the General
Telegram P., No. 303 C., dated (and received) the Hth July 1915
1 —Major A T> -r J
on Special duty,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Resi-
ia in the Foreign and Political Departs
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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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- Title
- File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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