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IOR/L/PS/10/472
- Record Id:
- 040-000545436
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00016f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071859048.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/472
- Title:
- File 3443/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Turkish and German intrigues in India'
- Scope & Content:
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Thevolume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities ofPan-Islamic activists in India, Afghanistan and North Africa during the firstyear of the First World War. The correspondence is particularly concerned withpossible German and Ottoman support for the activists in carrying outdestabilising activities against British and other Allied regimes. The primarycorrespondents are: Foreign Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf;Government of India; Admiralty; British Consul, Addis Ababa; British Embassy,Cairo; British Embassy, Constantinople; British Embassy, Rome; BritishConsulate, Smyrna; British Legation, Tehran.
Much of the correspondence covers suspectedanti-British agitators believed to be in or travelling to India. Other topics covered include:- A reported purchase of rifles by a German company with the intention of arming Pan-Islamists in India (ff 165-175)
- A suggestion that Muslim rulers of Indian states should be persuaded to make pro-British statements (ff 137-140)
- Intelligence received from a German source that an unnamed Indian ruler has ordered a large amount of arms from Germany (ff 108-115)
- Reports that the German diplomat and archaeologist Max von Oppenheim is intending to stir up anti-British feeling in Iraq, Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan (ff 4-6 and 15-20).
Thevolume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subjectfile was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence referencesby year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545436 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/472 : File 3443/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Turkish and German intrigues in India' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0474]/040-000545436
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (175 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00016f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1914
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 30 Jun 1914-3 Jul 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 177; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 3443/1914 Pt 1
- Arrangement:
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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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)