War by Revolution. Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I

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81.Mikusch,175-77,193-97,203-4;Vogel, UO-2I;andWustrow,"Bericht,"7 Sept.
1915,NARA/T-I37/I4I/OSSO.
82.Seiler,"ReiseberichrderHauptgruppePersienderAfganistan-Expedition," 27
Dec.1916,NARA/T-I37/I4I/074S-S9,writtenwhilehe wasimprisonedinKermanshah;
Zugmayer,"BerichtuberdieTatigkeirderBalutschistanGruppederdeutschen
AfganistanExpedition.," 7 Mar.1918;"BerichtderTii.tigkeitdesMitgliedesErik
BohnstorffderAfganistan-Expedition.," 18 June1918,NARA/T-I37/I42/0078-79,oII6-
20;andWallach,Anatomie,184.
83.Gehrke,Petsien,1:1:215-17,227-28.
84.MostoftheGermanswereimprisonedinShirazandthenin 1917 takento
Russianprisonerofwarcamps.SeeZugmayer,"Berichr,.. ," 7 Mar.1918;"Berichtder
TatigkeitdesMitgliedesErikBohnstorff..," 18June1918,NARA/T-I37/I42/0079-8I,
orzo;andSeiler,"Reisebericht...," 27 Dec. 1916,NARA/T-I37/I4I/0760-61.Usefulfor
theBritish,bothintheinformationalandpropagandasenses, wastheircaptureof
Griesinger'sdiary,whichtheylaterpublishedasGermanIntriguesin Persia. The Di-
aryofaGermanAgent.TheNiedermayerExpeditionthroughPersiatoAfghanistan
andIndia.
85.IWM,Operationsin Persia,139;Landau,104;andtheinterestingBritishdocu-
mentonWassmus's"considerableinfluence,"GHQMEF,"DailySituationSummary,
zndOct.1917,"PRO/WO157/804. Also,noteGehrke,Petsien,1:1:269-71;andtheinter-
pretationofWassmusscontainedinthebiographiesbyMikuschandSykes.
86.Themeetingoccurredon26 Oct.1915.NoteNiedermayer,ImWeltkriegvor
IndiensToren,II4-I6;andVogel,84-85.


  1. IWM,OperationsinPersia,91.
    88.Ibid.,91, 96;andFletcher,179-80.
    89.NoteVogel,94-96;andReuss(Teheran)toConstantinopleembassy,19Mar.
    1916 [received 10 July],NARA/T-I37/I4I/Os06,containingtheintialagreementsof
    theamiron26-27December 1915 tothetreaty.Fletcher,180-81,providesauseful
    discussionoftheanti-Britishgroupattheamir'scourtandofHabibullah'sview
    thattheAllieswouldwinthewarandshowtheirgratitudetoAfghanistanfor its
    neutrality.
    90.Therightto berepresentedatthepeaceconferencewaswrittenintothedraft
    treatywithGermany;seeGehrke,Petsien,1:1:227-29,239-61, 291-93.
    91.Niedermayer,"Afganistan-Expedition.Afganistan-GruppeReise-Bericht.," I Oct.
    1916,NARA/T-I37/I4I/06I9-2I;andHentig,161-200.Gehrke,Petsien,I:I:I37-272, pro-
    videsanextensiveanalysisofthereasonsfortheGermanfailuresinPersiaandAf-
    ghanistan.
    92.Fletcher,182;andWesendonk,"GA,"IIJuly1917,NARA/T-I491399/0847-48.
    PratapreturnedtoGermanyin1918;see below, 226.

  2. IWM,Operationsin Persia,chapters4-5;andGehrke,Petsien,I:I:209-II, 233-34.
    94.RegardingNuriBey'sarrivalin Libya,noteGumppenberg,"BerichtNr. 2," 17
    Apr.1915,NARA/T-uO/49SI/L366984;LisaAnderson,"TheDevelopmentofNation-
    alistSentimentin Libya, 1908-1922," inTheOriginsofArabNationalism,ed.Rashid
    Khalidi,LisaAnderson,MuhammadMuslih,andReeva S.Simon,233;andEvans-
    Pritchard.uzy.
    95.Bulow(Romeembassy)to AA,ISand16Mar.1915,NARA/T-I37/I44/0093,0099.
    RegardingtheencampmentoftheShaykhal-Sanussinearthefrontier,noteMacMunn

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