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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [160r] (329/490)
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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Acts of this kind and this considerable concentra
tion at Ispahan obviously implies more than a mere attack
on our Consulates, and popular rumour here asserts that
German design urged by democrats is to carry off the
Shah, and Government to Ispahan,- This is far-fetched,
but it is not improbable that hostile Legations contem
plate flight to Ispahan should Russian troops arrive at
Kasvin and threaten the capital.
Idea^was currently talked of three months ago.
Prom this centre with communications open to Turkey
via Kermanshah they would hope to throw all Persia
into disorder, and paralyse the Persian Government f s
action by destruction of telegraph lines, and trust to
a chapter of accidents to involve her in war with us.
It has also occurred to me that they might be contemplat
ing an attack on oil fields or threatening our position
at Basrahr
As before-said.Bakhtiari loyalty cannot be relied
upon, while at least one party of Germans has left Ispahan
for unknown destination by southern road, and they nay be
trying to rouse the tribes as example of (group undecypher
able)-Sr
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Assad also has informed me in a manner
that implied menaces that he was trying to make an alli
ance with the Kashgais, and Kawam, and the number of small
German parties going armed may indicate that attempts to
^ain over those powerful elements are being made*
These speculations may seem far-fetched, but I can
offer no better guess at the objects of German prepara
tions at Ispahan,.
Whatever
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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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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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