"ملف W/4 العداءات في بلاد فارس: حصار تانجستان، مصادرة شاي مورد إلى تانجستان" [و‎‎٦‎٦] (٤١١/١٣٣)

Th^ Deputy ^olltloal
Bujihlra#
Th3 Consular Offican at ''uhamniareh,Ahwaz and Bandar Abbas.
CIRC AH MaagQHAIfaim ^
1 preauin^ you rec ^lYM direct froc th« Legatinn the
various CiroulArB about the improved attitude ©f tha Perelfn
aoTremiuent and it» deolaratlor to obs ^rre an attitude of
benevolent neutrality towarde Its neighbours oreat Britain
and miaaia, ao I did not send any fro*! h^re,
Ae you hav^ probably heard Hie Majesty 9 * Conaul,Shlrae,
and Uia arltiah Colony were arreated 4n the 10th Noverber
and brought down to Jorasjun arriving there on the l?th« It
appeara that on the morning of the 10th Hove Vber the Gendar
merie, having prevloualy cut the telegraph wlree, occupied
all the pointa of vantage in Jhlraz and a body styling Itself
the Rational Comnittee for the Troteotion of Persian In
dependence* (whloh apparently conaleted of Persian Gendarmerie
Officers raasquerading as Patriots with the aeman Consul as
their adviser) delivered an Ultinatuzr. to ::ajor 0•Connor
saying Uiat the houses of the britlah ooffmunity would be
bombarded after half an hour if within that space of tlr?e he
did not a^ree to the arrest of hinself and the British core-
siunity and their despatch under escort to Bushire, there to
be exchanged for Persian and German prisoners arrested on the
neutral soil of Persia. The party was brought down in cor?-
parative comfort! there was a hostile denonstration at Kazerun
and their horses were taken away # but otherwise they were
oenslderately
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