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File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents' [15r] (34/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (179 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1916-20 Dec 1916. It was written in English and German. 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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7ERY SECRET.
EXTRACT FROM STATEMENT MADE BY A
BRITISH AGENT.
I was with Baron Wesendonk from 9 o’clock at night until
2 the next morning. He gave me a good deal of general
information. He spoke about the prisoners in Turkey and
Germany. He said that the Germans were treating the prisoners
well, but those in Turkey were suffering a good deal; that of
the 13,000 prisoners taken at Kut-el-Amara, quite a number
of the English had died. Three thousand of the British troops
were employed in making a railway near Mount Taurus, .and seven
thousand Mohammedans and three thousand Hindoos were working
between Aleppo and Konia on the new railway to Egypt. He said
that the Mohammedams were well treated by the Turks, but that
they did not treat the Hindoos very well. He suggested that
the Indians should form a relief committee to send something
to the prisoners in Turkey. I promised to do what I could
in this matter. Then he told me:-
Aghaieff, a great Russian Tartar is working on a pan-
Tartar movement in Turkey, the object of which is to
eliminate as far as possible all Arabia and Persian influences
from their national literature. Through his influence the
Turkish Government have greatly developed the education of
women. The scope of his endeavour extends from Turkey, through
the northern parts of Persia, Russian Turkestan, Chinese
Turkestan, Mongolia, and right up to Japan. The idea being
to persuade the Japanese that they belong to the same Tartar
race as the Turks. A^iaieff is in Constantinople, there he
is publishing a vast amount of Turkish literature on the
subject
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- Content
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 May and November 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with finding and capturing German, Ottoman and Austrian agents active in Persia and Afghanistan.
The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; War Office Directorate of Military Intelligence; Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province; British Legation, Sistan and Kain; British Consulate General, Meshed; Government of India.
The volume contains a single item in German (ff 149-150), a list of German military personnel active in Persia in February 1916 written by the German Military Attache, Tehran.
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 (179 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3443 (German War/Persia) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/472-477. The volumes are divided into six parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 181; 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.
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- English and German in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/475
- Title
- File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 9r:11v, 15r:30v, 32ar, 32r:58v, 61r:73v, 74ar, 74r:148v, 151r:180v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence