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File 3276/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia - Zil-es-Sultan’ [290r] (263/278)
The record is made up of 138 folios. It was created in 6 May 1916-3 Jun 1919. 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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the Imperial Bank of Persia,
I informed the Prince that Sir E. Grey had
already begun to discuss the question of the Zil’s
loss with the Russian Government and while I could
not hold out any hope that the question would he
settled before his departure from England, I
sincerely trusted that some solution might have been
arrived at before it was time for the Zil to leave
Petrograd. Prince Ismael thereupon proposed that
the matter might be settled in the following manner.
The Russian Government should take over the
Prince’s liability to the Russian Bank, viz: Prs.
400,000. Regarding the remainder (Prs.600,000), His
Majesty’s Government should give ”a formal promise”
of its recovery and it should be recovered as
follows
Prs.200,000 had already been advanced by His
Majesty’s Government to the Zil. There remained
Hrs.400,000. This sum might be recovered in the
following manner
If His Majesty’s Government exercised
influence on the Persian Government the latter
could remit the taxes payable by the Zil on account
of his properties in Persia which amounted to a large
figure. The remainder, if remainder were necessary,
could be reimbursed to the Zil from the payments due
to the Central Government from the province of
Ispahan. By this means, His Majesty’s Government
would
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The second part of the volume (folios 159 to 297) contains correspondence and notes about Prince [Masud Mirza] Zil-es-Sultan, following his return to Persia from political exile in France with the assistance of the British and Russian Governments. The correspondents are ministers and officials at 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. and Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran and the British Ambassador to Russia. They discuss the exile’s financial situation, arrangements for his return to Persia and the recovery of his property from the Persian Government, his visit to Petrograd [St Petersburg] and his arrival in Tehran.
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