• Wilhelm Wassmuss (1880 – November 29, 1931; German spelling: Waßmuß) was a German diplomat and spy and part of Niedermayer–Hentig Expedition, known as...
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    failure of the Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition to Afghanistan, when Wilhelm Wassmuss abandoned his codebook, which the Allies later recovered, and allowed...
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    failure of the Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition to Afghanistan, when Wilhelm Wassmuss abandoned his codebook, which the Allies later recovered, and allowed...
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    World War I, they were influenced by the German consular official Wilhelm Wassmuss and sided with the German Empire. During World War II, the Qashgais...
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  • interests in Persia from subversion by German agents, most notably Wilhelm Wassmuss. The force was also tasked to intercept and destroy the Turco-German...
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    Caspian Sea." The German operations were carried out by Wilhelm Wassmuss and Count Kanitz. Wassmuss, known as the German Lawrence, was a German consular...
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  • German spy. Sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence (just like Wilhelm Wassmuss), Niedermayer is remembered for having led the 1915–1916 Persian and...
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    tomans (on a 100 mark-note), and 250 tomans (on a 1,000 mark-note). Wilhelm Wassmuss appears to be given credit for the occupation and issue of currency...
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    claimed that in March 1915 a British detachment impounded the luggage of Wilhelm Wassmuss, a German agent in Persia and shipped it, unopened, to London, where...
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    Anglo-Russian Entente. The bureau's operations in Persia were led by Wilhelm Wassmuss. The Germans hoped to remove Persia from the British and Russian sphere...
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    Forces c. 1915 in south of Iran (in World War I). Rais Ali Delvari Wilhelm Wassmuss Persian Campaign khalou hossein honor of Dashti nasimjonoub (persian)...
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    book on the [Middle East] area I know". Wilhelm Wassmuss (1880–1931), German diplomat and spy, known as "Wassmuss of Persia" and compared to Lawrence Suzuki...
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    Another famous German agent in Iran (especially during World War I) was Wilhelm Wassmuss, nicknamed the "German Lawrence". Among commercial treaties, one can...
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    balloon pilot, experimented with an early prototype of a parachute. Wilhelm Wassmuss (1880–1938), diplomat, spy and part of the Niedermayer–Hentig Expedition...
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  • stages. Sykes published in 1936 a biography of the German Persianist Wilhelm Wassmuss; he did not, during later years, include this volume in his list of...
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  • Annemarie Schimmel, German-born Harvard expert on Iranian literature Wilhelm Wassmuss, German diplomat, spy and military hero, Iran, World War I See separate...
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    Franz von Papen, later briefly the Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, Wilhelm Wassmuss (sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence), Gunther von Wesendonck...
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  • Pandurang Khankoje. This group arrived at Bushire, where they worked with Wilhelm Wassmuss and distributed nationalist and revolutionary literature among Indian...
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  • The following is a list of people engaged in spying for Germany. Wilhelm Stieber Christian Andreas Käsebier Georg Klindworth Otto Kueck László Almásy...
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    Persian Gulf, were led by Wilhelm Wassmuss, a German diplomat who became known as the "German Lawrence of Arabia" or "Wassmuss of Persia".[citation needed]...
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    which had maintained its customs status. According to documents, Wilhelm Wassmuss arrived in Bushehr in 1913 as the second consul of Germany. With the...
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    the British forces in Bushehr and liberate this city. But finally, Wilhelm Wassmuss dissuades them from attacking and suggests that they leave the liberation...
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    He is known to have worked in Bushire amongst Indian troops with Wilhelm Wassmuss, while one story describes Acharya and a fellow revolutionary by the...
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  • being the norm. He allied with the British and captured German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss and his party in 1915, handing over important documents to the British...
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    British in 1915, the second time due to German intrigue, most notably by Wilhelm Wassmuss and Rais Ali Delvari. Bushire has long been of interest to stamp collectors...
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