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'File 26/106 IV (F 48) Arabistan and Luristan Miscellaneous' [53r] (106/496)
The record is made up of 1 volume (246 folios). It was created in 4 Jun 1921-12 Sep 1922. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Summary of conversation between H.B.M's Minister,
Sir Percy Lorraine ar).d H.E.The Sheikh of Mohamerah,
on board H.M.S.Crocus,on December 5th,1921.
Colonel Trevor,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,and Mr.Peel
Consul at Ahwaz were also present.
The Sheikh dwelt at some length on his services
to the British O-overnment both before and during the war
and said that he had hoped that after the victory of the
Allies he would find his influence and prestige greatly
enhanced. He noticed however that H.I'I.G.tended to support
the Persian Government rather than himself in questions
which were of vital interest to him and he citeu. the case
of his revenue in which he considered that H. — .G.ought uo
have insisted on the recognition by the present Persian
Government of the arrangement made between Sir Percy Cox
H
and Vossuq ed Dawleh at the begining of 1920•
Mr.Peel explained to Sir Percy Lorraine the
position regarding the Sheikh's revenue,which is as follows:-
The Sheikh ^as paid no revenue since 1913 and claims
from the Persian Government a sum of approximately 700000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
which he spent during the war in maintaining law and
order in Arabistan without any assistance Irom the Persian
Government. He proposed to Sir Percy Cox that the revenue
unpaid during the war should be set against his claim and
that from March 1920 he should pay only half revenue for
12 years. After prolonged negotiations between Sir Percy
Cox and Vossuq ed Dawleh the latter agrees to v. T aive the
revenue unoaid during the war and to accept half revenue
from the Sheikh for 6 years as from March 1920.He wrote a
Memorandum to this effect to the Minister of Finance and tlse
result was communicated by Sir Percy Cox by telegraph to the
Sheikh of Mohamerah. Unfortunately matters went no further
and no orders were officially communicated to the Sheikh dj
the Persian Government of a nature to satisfy the Sheikh or
bind the Government's successors in office. In the meantime
the Sheikh refused to pay any revenue and Mr.peel visited
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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to British interests and activities in the region of Arabistan in Persia. The correspondents include Eardley Peel, Vice Consul at Ahwaz, Percy Cox, High Commissioner at Baghdad, Cecil Lincoln, Acting Consul for Arabistan at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], Arthur Trevor, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, Percy Loraine, British Minister at Tehran, and various Persian Government employees.
The issues covered by the documents include:
- status and allegiances of tribes (especially Chanana, Bani Lam, Bakhtiyari, and Khasraj) and their leaders, including grazing rights, and payment of 'koda' , a kind of tax levied on grazing;
- what is to be done with a stock of rifles left over from a voluntary 'rifle club' formed during the First World War that has now disbanded;
- appointment and eventual resignation of the Governor-General at Mohammerah;
- redefining of the Persia-Iraq border;
- British concern about Bolshevik influence in Persia;
- the conduct of Abdul Majid, Deputy Governor of Mohammerah;
- the attack by Kuhgilu tribesmen on a detachment of Persian troops sent to police Arabistan and the subsequent accusations against Britain for being behind it;
- alleged intrigues between Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah and Ibn Sa‘ud;
- the smuggling of currency out of Persia and into Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (246 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1c) is a subject index arranged alphabetically, with folio numbers referring to the main folio sequence described in Physical Characteristics.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with the first telegram, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 264. Foliation errors: there is no folio 1, just 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d; no folios 5-6, 18-19, 57-65, 68-77; folio 121 is followed by 121A.
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- 'File 26/106 IV (F 48) Arabistan and Luristan Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:4v, 7r:15v, 34v:39v, 49v:56v, 66r:67v, 78v, 79v:121v, 121ar:121av, 122r:154v, 156v:175v, 179v:217v, 219r:264v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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