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File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents' [‎174r] (361/395)

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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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October and was held within closed doors and lasted
about five or six hours. There were all kinds of
rumours as to what happened at the meeting but I do not
know what actually took place.
The second meeting took place a week later in
similar circumstances. Nadir Khan the Commander-in-
Chief told me that the party brought photographs of the
Kaiser and the Sultan of Turkey but I could learn
nothing further from him. After the return of the
Amir to Kabul at the beginning of December, three or
four other interviews have been accorded to the party
in the "Kothi Bilkusha", the new house built by the
Amir.
Thissecond party of visitors is accommodated in
Baber, a suburb of Kabul. They are given food free
and Government carriages are placed at their disposal.
They do no work and have nothing to do with the Amir’s
troops. But 1 recall that when they first arrived,
a Turkish officer named Khaira Effendi who had been
training the Amir's troops for many years, took out a
party of troops on the pretence of training and met the
German visitors on the road as they approached Kabul
and accprded them a salute. The incident was reported
to the Amir who dismissed the Turkish Instructor and
disbanded the troops concerned for acting without his
orders.
The party appear to be well off and it is said
that they brought some small presents for the Amir,
such as watches. I do not know whether they brought
money

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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)
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.

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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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