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File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents' [‎128r] (269/395)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1914-25 May 1920. 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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If, therefore, Niedermeyer was one of these men I can see no reason why,
granted a certain amount of luck, he should not have safely reached the Tur
kish forces of Tehran, and thence made his way to Constantinople. In this case,
however, I should have expected him to arrive before April 10th. An ounce of
fact is worth a quantity of suppositions, and a single well-attested statement
would upset the above theory founded on the data quoted, with the addition of
various corroborative statements which have come to hand from time to time,
many of which were noted in Meshed Diaries of the period.
The case of Deyer has baffled me. I have always imagined that he ac
companied Niedermeyer. Abdul Wahab’s statements would appear to contra
dict this, not only in respect of the division of the German party at Kabul with
regard to other particulars of which he is obviously at fault, but with regard to
proceedings subsequent to the departure from Kabul. I should have been in
clined to place Reyer as the companion with whom Niedermeyer reached
Constantinople.
I can see no foundation for the statement that members of the mission had
perished by the way. As far as I know all have been accounted for—-captured,
anchored, or absconded; i.£., assuming that Reyer reached Constantinople with
Niedermeyer. The same appears to be true as regards the native members of
the Mission.
E. A. E. REDL,
Liut.'Col., 0. S. 0.
S?98GSB - 35—10-6*17 — GCBP Simla

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The volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan between December 1916 and May 1920. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German agents captured in Persia and imprisoned in India, and with the retrieval of German papers left behind in Herat, Afghanistan.

The volume includes extracts from the diary of Walter Griesinger detailing the German mission to Afghanistan led by Oskar von Niedermayer in 1914-16. The primary correspondents are: Government of the German Empire; War Office; Directorate of Military Intelligence; British Consulate General, Meshed; Government of India.

The volume contains three items in German: a list of German military personnel active in Persia in February 1916 written by the German Military Attache, Tehran (ff 55-56); and two letters from the German Government relating to Niedermayer’s mission (ff 107 and 123-124).

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 (188 folios)
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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.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 192; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English and German in Latin script
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