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File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie' [379r] (251/472)
The record is made up of 1 item (236 folios). It was created in Jan 1912-Jun 1912. 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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solution, to meet his representatives at a given rendezvous. The terms of all
such communications would he carefully drafted.
Before action upon above lines can be taken, however, we need to decide
finally as to treatment of case of Khan of Borasjoon. His conduct has been
repeatedly unsatisfactory, and we have had on a previous occasion to call
upon Persian Government to take notice of it. Before, however, making
final recommendations we should wish to have latest information from Bushire
and learn Minister’s views.
If headmen respond and are ready to meet Consul-General’s representatives,
the latter would negotiate on following lines :—
We should require each individual, firstly, to undertake to co-operate
generally for maintenance of order on road. Secondly, to make himself
responsible to us for a particular section ; to supply a certain number of
guards of good character on monthly pay to be paid under supervision of our
own superintending officers. Thirdly, to pay compensation for all British
goods robbed in their section. Fourthly, to abstain absolutely from levying
of transit dues, and to sell supplies at fair rates to be arranged in consultation
with superintending officer.
In return we should guarantee, as long as they fulfil obligations, regular
subsidy and the monthly pay of guards, and give headmen assurance in some
form of our good offices or support against dispossession or extortion by
Persian authorities except after specific misconduct proved to our satisfaction.
We are of opinion that it will be advisable, at all events to begin with,
for us to find necessary funds in order to avoid complications with Persian
Government. Cost, which we should estimate at 10,000h per annum, might
ultimately be made a charge on Customs or recovered from loan to Persian
Government. Meanwhile we presume His Majesty’s Government will share
in the cost.
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Part 1 consists of correspondence relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz and along the Shiraz-Bushire roads. The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:
- the decision of whether to arm Shiraz or to evacuate the city;
- concern over Russia filling the gap left by the British were they to evacuate;
- the situation on the ground, conveyed in several reports;
- the proposal to occupy Bushire with a battalion and to subsidize local chiefs to maintain the roads;
- the Persian Government plan to employ Swedish officers to command and train a gendarmerie along some of the roads;
- British claims for reparation from the Persian Government following an attack on the Shiraz Consul, Mr Smart, and his escort;
- the question of providing winter quarters for Indian troops in Shiraz should they have remain there for the season.
The discussion over such matters is mostly between the 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. , War Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from Percy Zachariah 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. .
Included is memorandum on the situation in Southern Persia by J E F, Political Department, 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. , 16 February 1912.
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- 1 item (236 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.
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- Title
- File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie'
- Pages
- 254r:289v, 290v:305v, 306v:446v, 447v:489v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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