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No. 330-S., dated Bushire, the lOth^llth June 19
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Endorsed by Second Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
ment^oT^fn^r 6 Q '. 0Tern “? eilt ° f India « ‘he Foreign and Political Depart-
dated the 4th Wm7. n C ° atl0n ° f thiS ° ffice endor3emo nt No. 318-8.,
No.m) T te m dS 8 t C hTn;mr n ’ ^ MiniSter ’ ^ Trevor, Bushire,
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Enclosure No. 1 to Serial No. 50.
Telegram P. ; No. 99, dated the 8th (received 9th) June 1917.
From—-His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran (repeated Trevor, Bushire,
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, F° r soine time P ast tte Governor-General has been threatening Kurdistani
with anest unless he leaves immediately; he has also prevented his going to
the Revenue Office and has arbitrarily installed in his place there Mirza
i abya, Jxuidistant s traitorous assistant. Latest instructions fro m Ministry
of Finance to Kurdistani are only to leave Kerman if Sardar Nusrat does
the same, and meanwhile to discharge the duties of Finance Agent in person.
In the circumstances, persuasion having been exhausted, 1 considered it
necessary to Call upon the Prince somewhat sharply to cease interfering with
Kurdistani. Governor-General now informs me he has submitted to Tehran his
final resignation and placed Sardar Nusrat temporarily in charge of local
administration; that Kurdstani can please himself—which I have advised
latter to do.
Enclosure No. 2 to Serial No. 50.
Telegram R., No. 101, dated the 10th (received 11th) June 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister Tehran (repeated Trevor, Bushire, No. 105).
My telegram 99—103.
I should be glad to know whether it is probable new Persian Government
(which I believe is supporting Kurdistanij will persist in summons of Sardar
Nusrat to Tehran. If they don’t I shall probably have to try and gain over
Sardar which may be partially possible now that he has been frightened.
Prince is sulking in retirement but is intriguing with townspeople to
telegraph demanding his retention. I think he has committed himself too
childishly and obviously in wrecking Finance Department ever to do good work
here now and I would recommend his removal if any reasonably promising
substitute is forthcoming. He has failed to give assurances to Kurdistani that
he will not be assaulted if he goes to Revenue Office and Sardar Nusrat
has given only verbal assurances which are less than worthless.
In these circumstances I have advised Kurdistani who has now ejected
Yahya and closed the office not to attempt to go to office, as no work could be
done in present circumstances while any incident would destroy what relics
of authority have been left to Finance Department.
If the Persian Government want any revenue to be collected here they
must stick to their guns and rehabilitate Revenue Department.
I have always been told that Yahya, Revenue Assistant, has a democratic
record and his removal is, in my opinion, at present juncture highly desirable.
Addressed Tehran, 101; repeated Bushire, 105.
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