Wilhelm Wassmuss
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Wilhelm Wassmuss (1880–1931) was a German diplomat, also known as the "German Lawrence" or the "Lawrence of Persia".
Wassmuss was born in Hanover and after a university education entered the German Foreign Service. He was posted first to Madagascar, then the United States, and by 1914 was the German consul to Persia.
Based in Bushire, Wassmuss organised the Tangsir and Qashghâi tribe to revolt against the British in the south of the country. In the same year he lost his copy of the German Diplomatic Code Book which fell into the hands of the British and enabled them to read German diplomatic communications throughout much of World War I.