11th November 1918 – The Armistice

Monday 11th November 1918. ZINJAN.

Kaiser & Crown Prince have abdicated. It snowed.

Enlisted 9 Persian police as agents.

Poidebart probably going soon, so I shall be left by myself.

Perhaps now one will be able to get letters through via Baku & Batoum, saving several weeks.

Baku is in current-day Azerbajan, and Batoum is on the Black Sea in present-day Georgia. British and Indian troops were stationed there throughout 1918 and 1919 to aid with civil disturbances at the request of the Foreign Office.