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File 3355/1904 'Persia: Attack on Col. Douglas and Lt Lorimer' [8r] (20/516)
The record is made up of 1 volume (257 folios). It was created in 1904-1907. It was written in English. 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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K H
[This Document is the^, Property of His Britannic Majesty’s GovernmentJ
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[July 23.]
Section 3 .
No. 1.
Office to Treasury.
Foreign Office, July 23, 1907.
of the 9th March, 1906, relative to questions
arising out of the injuries sustained by Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas and Captain
Lorimer while travelling in Luristan, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
transmit herewith, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, copies
of further correspondence which have passed on the subject with His Majesty’s
Minister at Tehran and the
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.
.*
Sir E. Grey is of opinion that, having regard to the views expressed by Mr. Grant
Duff in his despatch No. 75 of the 17th April, 1906, and by Sir C. Spring-Rice
in his telegram No. 146 of the 12th June, it would be useless to press the Persian
Government to settle this claim for 2,000/., and he concurs in Mr. Morley’s opinion,
as stated in the letter from the
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.
of the 4th instant, as to the undesirability
of recovering the amount from the Jask royalty.
In these circumstances he proposes to take no further action in the matter.
. I am, &c.
(Signed) LOUIS MALLET.
[ 22161 ]
Foreign
Sir,
WITH reference to your letter
* Mr. Grant Duff, No. 75, April 17, 1906; to Sir C. Spring-Rice, No. 72 (Telegraphic), June 11;
Sir 0. Spring-Rice, No. 146 (Telegraphic) ; to
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.
, June 18 ;
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.
, July 4, 1907.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily in the Foreign Office and 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. ) concerning an attack on Colonel J A Douglas, Military Attaché of His Majesty's Legation at Tehran; and Lieutenant David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, His Majesty's Vice-Consul for Arabistan; by Lur tribesmen on the road between Dizful [Dezful] and Khoremabad [Khoramabad].
Two accounts of the attack written by Colonel Douglas are contained in the file (folios 131-136 and 201-202).
The correspondence discusses details of the attack itself, the victims' injuries and subsequent medical treatment, their eligibility for compensation payments, the liability of the Government of Persia for the incident as well as its broader political implications.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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- 1 volume (257 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 257; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- File 3355/1904 'Persia: Attack on Col. Douglas and Lt Lorimer'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:92v, 96r:131v, 133r:256v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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