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File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents' [18r] (40/368)
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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and, thence into Germany. They promised to pay all his
expenses.
The Indian Committee stationed at Berlin looks after all
Indian Prison Camps in Turkey, and arranges for their food
and other requirements.
A large number of Mohammedan prisoners of war asked the
Turkish Authorities to be allowed to see the Sultan. This
request was conveyed to ENVER
PASHA
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and he arranged that
the prisoners should line up in the streets of Constantinople,
to see the Sultan on a Friday as he was on his way to the
Mosqu§. The Sultan noticed these prisoners, and asked the
officials attached to his Suite to give them some food at the
palace.
Von V/esendonk told me that these Indian prisoners after
having accepted the hospitality of the Sultan, expressed their
sorrow at having to fight the Caliph of Islam. Then they
evidently regretted having taken food from the palace and
thought they would be punished on their return to India.
Von Wesendonk said he was astonished that they should change
their opinions so soon. He expressed the opinion that if Von
der Goltz had lived they would surely have knocked at the
gates of India.
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Von Wesendonk also told me that the Persian Government
was now at Kermanshah under the protection of the German
Flag. The Governor of Luristhan appears to have issued a
proclamation to the inhabitants of his provime ordering them
to protect the country against the English and the Russians.
He said the Germans had made preparations for the winter
campaign in the East, the Turks and the Germans against Eg/pt,
which was to be attacked from three sides; the 4th Turkish
. Army
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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 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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