Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and memoranda concerning financial assistance to the Persian Government during the First World War. The papers cover the discussion of Persia's request for a moratorium on loan repayments, concern about pro-German and pro-Turkish elements in a new Persian Majlis, and the cost of a subsidy paid to the Persian Government.The principal correspondents include officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, and Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the Government of Persia, Government of Russia, and the Treasury Chambers.1 volume (274 folios)The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 276; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other employees of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, and other British subjects.The papers also concern: the arrested British men being deported to Borazjun [Borazjan, also spelled Borasgun in the volume] with their wives and families, from where the female members of the group were sent to Bushire, and most of the men were moved to the neighbourhood of Ahram, where they were held prisoners of the Tangistani Khans and the German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss; negotiations for the release of the prisoners, including the possibility of the release of captured German or Austrian or Tangistani prisoners in exchange for the release of the British prisoners; the release of all the Ahram prisoners except Major O’Connor on 10 August 1916, and the subsequent release of Major O’Connor on 20 August 1916.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; Jess Christmas (whose husband, an official of the Indo European Telegraph Department, was one of the British subjects being held captive); and Livingstone Zeytoon and Company, Manchester.The papers consist of correspondence and India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers.The file includes three documents in French: a note verbale from the French Ambassador to London, Paul Cambon, 6 February 1916; a telegram from Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of France, to Cambon, 4 February 1916; and a note from the German Minister in Athens to the Greek Government, February 1916.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 (260 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 334 (Pt 1 German War - Persia, and Pt 2 Persia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/582-583. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between November 1915 and April 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Consulate, Seistan and Kain; and the Government of India.The volume contains a single folio in French (f 164), a communication from the National Committee for the Protection of the Independence of Persia.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 (167 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 165; 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.
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.1 volume (175 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.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.
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields.The volume covers:The Arab movement in Mesopotamia.Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [Ahvāz, Iran], to protect the oilfields.Spreading of the jihad movement amongst Arab tribes, seceding from Sheikh of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].Withdrawal of British subjects from Ahwaz.Pipeline and telegraph line damaged by Bawi tribe near Ahwaz.Sheikh of Mohammerah's defeat of the Bawi tribe, in February 1915.German intrigues, and the arrest and deportation of the former German Consul at Bushire and of German agents.Russian defeat of Turkish forces at Dilman, Azerbaijan, in March 1915.Turkish occupation of Kasr-i-Shirin.Movements of German agents; protest of Persian Government against.Evacuation of British and Russians from Kerman.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe, Foreign Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Strick, Scott and Co; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.There is a letter in French within the file, from the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs.1 volume (196 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 198; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.