File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents'

Title:

File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents'

Contributor:

Government of Germany, Weimar Republic (correspondent; subject)
Government of the German Empire (correspondent; subject)
War Office, Directorate of Military Intelligence (correspondent)
British Consulate General (correspondent)
Government of India (correspondent)

Date:

1914/1920

Description:

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.1 volume (188 folios)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.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 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English
German

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

First World War (1914-1918)
Military intelligence

Geographic region:

Persia
Afghanistan

Extent:

1 volume (188 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000173_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000173_en
IOR/L/PS/10/476

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

Feedback