'File 26/106 IV (F 48) Arabistan and Luristan Miscellaneous' [103r] (168/496)
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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26/106 and 26/148.
U
Telegram $) P.
Prom Trevor,Bushire.
To Cox,Baghdad,
No. 723
Dated 13th April 1922.
Demi-official•
Ihwaz telegram No # 17 dated April 17th
addressed to Minister which I repeated to you for your
information. I have also sent it on to the G-ovemment of
India and am wiring to Minister and Foreign expressing view
that Sheikh is probably right in regard to object of Persian
Government and effect on tribes and urging t^.at steps should
be taken to nip proposal in bud if we wish to do our best
to preserve Sheikh's local autonomy in accordance with our
assurances of November 21st 1914,
Matter of course does not directly concern
you but I thought perhaps you would like as representative
of Government who gave assurances to say
something to Government of India about matter demi-officially
or perhaps on the ground that should unrest result from the
Persian
presence of/troops in Arabistan it will react unfavourably
on Iraq.
Trevor.
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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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