Page 60 - Russo-Persian Postal Relations

I.e 1907 - 16 way Gendarmerie Highway
An Anglo- anti-robbery
Russian creation police
The Swedes eventually became a pain in the neck for the Russians
Official officer's golden badge used in the hat

in the south Great Britain and the Russians
" STOP IT OR WE DO IT". Sweden was in-
endermerie but only in British zone.
ertain operations in the Russian
e Swedish officers sided with the
German cause, the Russians were against a renewal of the contract in
1915. However, a number of the Swedes remained under private
contracts with the Persian government.
The Swedes disliked the Russians and in particular their
colonial attitude towards Persia. By March 1916 fightings
between Germans supported local Gendarmerie troops together
with the Turks and Russian troops had become frequent. Some
of the remain- ing Swedish officers now joined the Germans in
Mesopotamia and were engaged in heavy fightings against the
Russians in Persia. As the Russians were much more heavily
armed the remains of the "Democratic" troops supported by
Germany soon lost and were pushed out of Persia into Mesopotamia.

A special department at the Ministry of Interior was created for the Gendarmerie called
Bureau de !'Organisation de la Gendarmerie Gouvernementale

Official letter from the Gendermerie HQ at the Ministry oflnterior to Sweden in June 1914

Ministere de l'In terieur
Bureau de !'Organisation
de la
Gendarmerie Gou vernernentale
~J.) ~__,..J\..>.i\.) ..;:,;~ :)\.)\

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Postal rate: 12ch. Routes: Tedriche 7 VII 14 via Teheran 8 VII 14 and Enzeli-Baku EPOs to Sweden 10/7/14
Note: Stamps also at the back