ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٩] (٤٩٠/٢٨٨)

The Russian Minister is communicating to Petrograd these views will,
wiiich he entirely agrees. LU
and Peto'S F ° reign 38 ^ 247 and repeated t0 India > Basrah ’
qo.
Telegram R., No. 305 C., dated the 14th (received 15th) July 1915.
From-MA«m A^P^Tmvoe, C.I.E., Officer on Special duty, Persian Gulf R es i.
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
My telegram No. 304 C.
... There n " further attack last night. I think however that tribesmen
and crush them threaten " W6 Sha11 n0 r l uipt «e attack
. I venture to suggest therefore that if there is likely to he an interval of
quiet in operations in Mesopotamia, Army Commander might send us d„ wn
sufficient reinforcements and transports to enable column to be sent to attack
confederate khans consecutively. attack
TT.w W V h i? U wn be f !n r With ' ® h f kh Hussein ; Ahmad Khan Arnmli with
Haidar Pasha Khan s forces, would gladly co-operate and we could hand ever
Abmadi to him, as the price of assistance. After disposing of Sheikh
Hussein, if conditions appeared favourable, Borasjun and Ahram could be
tnw^^l Hilwar might forthwith be bombarded by His Majesty’s ships and
TIT . fu .luy telegram Ko. 207 C.. dated the 30th Mav, I had rsked Hi,
Majesty s Minister to inform the Persitin Government of the hostile attitude
of these Khans and to note them for a future punishment. It appea to
possible! 6 n ° W C ° me t0 illfli0t U as a ud promptly Is
Position since the attack has completely changed.
letters of the confederatoVha” ^^hich have ^Iminlte’d^n 0 ^ 8 ° f threatenin ?
M’^ssmuss of the campin'a^dtexhort [ ?J 'TT* ^
of religion. It is cZ from these t^ 'p.-'I to j° in the “ f ur sake
rytf ° £ WUh US Wbate - ; tbe a ^e of thlrtn
British oXcr almostaUhe 1 '™!! “rtUrVesT 6 ” 58 th , e . d 1 f “ aths of tI,fS0 f™
enjoyed unique respect duri,^ the last bund d T’u f r' hl0h ha . S ^iued and
down to pusillammity. We shall not onW , Ld y ears ’ lfc be put
must expect attacks at any time whiclV suits t ?" 0 rm °. u f y in P resti g e > b ut
garrison of Bushire remainino> i' n co • s llts ^ ie 0 9 n e( ^ era ^ cs > resulting in
s'ege and this (is ?) galling to all a PP roac bing perpetual state of
opinion and has ale'ady spoken tn ^' f e leDCy ^^nor ^ of the same
three times reeommendfug that drastic mels'um^faken . 00 ^ SUb;ieCt tW ° ° r
whoopeffiy^kim toTaTette C0 Bera a an tS r t0 Tehran re Sarding hostile Chiefs,
Pars with them, Persian GovernnnenTh Gove r nme ut and Governor-General o
matters from a local point of^Tew^n^reMlse 1 ^^ 0 ! C ° UrSe ° nly 1 ' p P reseut:n »
sphere of legation prevent any action on H ars ® q uest wns outside my
trouble here probaby on isE^eira^St^ “ S °’ ^ Sba11 ha -
Addressed Cox, sent to Tehran, sent to India.