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File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents' [155r] (323/395)
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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aERIiAN MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN.
The German Government sent NIEDERMEYER to KABUL
early in the war with a view to endeavour to get the EMIR
to declare war against GREAT BRITAIN, The EMIR, however,
was too afraid of the British Government and refused to
act, although NIEDERMEYER remained 6-8 months at KABUL,
working hard. He even went so far as to accept the
Mussulman faith. NIEDERMEYER was a great friend of Major,
now General SYKES, whom he knew in PERSIA. From Kabul
NIEDERMEYER went to the PAMIRSKY PASS where he was
arrested by the Russians, but he managed to escape, despite
the fact that General. SYKES endeavoured, it is said, to
capture him. In an open fight he lost a good number of
his men. He has orders to proceed to BERLIN immediately.
It took five months for him to travel from KABUL to ALEPPO.
NIEDERMEYER was interviewed by B. on the BAGDAD Railway
while going to CONSTANTINOPLE. Part of the return journey
NIEDERMEYER accompanied an Afghan Prince who was proceeding
to CONSTANTINOPLE to convey greetings of the EMIR to the
KALIPH.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (188 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 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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/476
- Title
- File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:12v, 31r:31v, 48r:49v, 54r:54v, 57r:67r, 67r:67v, 67v:68r, 68r:68v, 68v:69r, 69r:69v, 69v:86v, 87ar, 87r:102v, 105r:105v, 108r:112v, 115r:122v, 127r:158v, 161r:161v, 164r:181v, 184r:190v, 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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- Open Government Licence