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IOR/L/PS/10/482
- Record Id:
- 040-000545446
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000179
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055222569.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/482
- Title:
- File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
- Scope & Content:
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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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545446 - 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/10/482 : File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0484]/040-000545446
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (196 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000179
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Former External References:
- P 3516/1914 Pt 5
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)