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IOR/L/PS/10/475
- Record Id:
- 040-000545439
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000172
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071870482.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/475
- Title:
- File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents'
- Scope & Content:
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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 May and November 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with finding and capturing German, Ottoman and Austrian agents active in Persia and Afghanistan.
The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; War Office Directorate of Military Intelligence; Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province; British Legation, Sistan and Kain; British Consulate General, Meshed; Government of India.
The volume contains a single item in German (ff 149-150), a list of German military personnel active in Persia in February 1916 written by the German Military Attache, Tehran.
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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545439 - 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/10/475 : File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0477]/040-000545439
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (179 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000172
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 9 Feb 1916-20 Dec 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 181; 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 4
- Arrangement:
- 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)
- Names:
- British Consulate General, Meshed, 1807-1968
British Consulate, Seistan and Kain, 1903?-1935?
British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944
Government of India, 1834-1947
Government of the German Empire, 1871-1918
Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918
North-West Frontier Province, Chief Commissioner, 1901-1932
War Office, Directorate of Military Intelligence, 1915-1922 - Subjects:
- Armed forces
First World War (1914-1918)
Military intelligence - Places:
- Afghanistan, Asia
Persia, Asia
