File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
- Date:
- 1915/1916
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the Persian protests against violation of their country's neutrality, British and Russian responses to Persian nationalism, and their attempts to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915.The volume covers:Advance of Russian troops on Kashan and Tehran.Situation at Kermanshah between August and November 1915.Dismissal of Swedish Commandment of Gendarmerie.Persian Gendarmerie.Arrest of the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane in November 1915.German and Turkish interests.United States Minister at Tehran's attitude.'Report on the seizure of the Shiraz Colony' (ff 130-132).Terms proposed by Khans for release of British prisoners at Shiraz.Situation in Bushire.British Consulate at Bunder Abbas moved to Kerman.Kerman branch of Imperial Bank of Persia reported to have been looted.Russian operations on the Caucasian and Persian fronts.Report of Vice Consul on the evacuation of Hamadan.Prisoners at Bushire and Shiraz.Intercepted letter from Wilhelm Wassmuss to Helmuth Listemann, regarding British prisoners at Bushire.Events in the provinces.Capture of Turkish Ambassador at Tehran by the Russians.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Esme Howard, British Ambassador to Sweden; Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to Italy; Mohtashem-es-Sultaneh, Persian Commissioner on the Turco-Persian Frontier; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy Political Resident in Persian Gulf; British Consuls at Yazd, Kerman (C T Ducat), Sistan and Kain (Francis Beville Pridaux), Batoum (P Stevens), Hamadan (N Patrick Cowan), Shiraz (William Frederick Trevors O'Connor) ; American Minister at Tehran; Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah; Imperial Bank of Persia.There is a document in French, an ultimatum addressed to the British Consul at Shiraz by Le Comité National pour la protection de l'Indépendance Persane. There are newspaper extracts, from Jam-e Jam', Tazineh, Tiflisky Listok,and Hayat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 175; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- First World War (1914-1918)
International relations
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918) - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000184_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000184_en
IOR/L/PS/10/493
IOR/L/PS/10/493