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File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard' [228r] (459/482)
The record is made up of 1 item (239 folios). It was created in Oct 1907-Nov 1910. 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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on tn® pntrt ox’ .11$ * $ Go'7or:n:out would 'bscor:© Im
peratively nectary, equally Tor tno protection of Britts
^ubjocts and interests as for tie signal vindication of
Uluronean prestige snong tnooo soiEi-barbarous triboa.
td'Ju&i Pctrif
Upon Bearing of t&e aosanlt on Hr Tar els I at once rnaa
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strong roprosortat 1 ens to the Porolan Oovernrent witb ti.;e
result that pr^^cln^ instructtons were sent by the lato
Atta>’'ek ordering the PaVhtiari Chiefs irr-odlately to taJ^e
steps for the arrest and pub < eiirent of the offenders. On
receivtn-!: Captain T or Irek’s latest report I .ranawed my re
presentation© privately ant to •** cxa.j received a reply froxr.
Saad-ed-Dowl eh, ti*e new hint star for Foret-rn Affairs, to
the effect that frosxi inst.ructtons have been telegraphed
to the Shahab and Bainsar e$ f 3a.lta,a©h to see Justice Gone,
In vion of the fact that the ora -rs of the Attabeli, who was
fenomi to coxu and the respect of the fiians, were either evad
ed or so obeyed as, to produce no moral effect whatever, I
ar. not at all saryuloe that the instructions of a Fir.ister,
whose recant ©,ppointrant to office has been by no roans
viewed with general approval, will be fruitful of result.
The impotence of the central Governrert to deal with
thaee and stellar cases is, I venture to tL.inlc, earoly lo-
ronatrat-ed by the seriaa of reports I liavo Lad tie honour
of addressing to you, and I accordingly submit that, 1j*t
order to avert wlxat would b®, at beet, a situ&tioia. of ex-
trero six.ent, there ore two courses omen id Its Ma
jesty’s Government : oithar to rocomr end to the Oil Syndi-
cate the complete ’withdrawal of their employees fron Tersla, o
or to afford then adequate protection in tne places where
tiieir
they are conductinr/or oratione.
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Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to the deployment of a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects working in the region. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, 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 representatives of Concessions Syndicate Ltd (later Anglo-Persian Oil Company). Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- British Minister to Persia;
- George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
- Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- British Treasury;
- Percy Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire;
- William Knox D'Arcy, petroleum entrepreneur.
The papers cover several matters, including:
- the size of the guard and length of the period of deployment;
- the question of who will bear the cost of the guard and its accommodation;
- pay and allowances of staff;
- relations between the Bakhtiari tribes and the Syndicate;
- an increase to the guard at Isfahan;
- the proposal to replace Government of India guards with local Bakhtiari men.
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- File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard'
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- 1r:4v, 6r:21v, 22v:25v, 28r:49v, 50v:64v, 65v:66v, 67v:84v, 87r:122v, 124v:153v, 155v:157v, 157ar:157bv, 158r:234v, 239v
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