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File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie' [451r] (395/472)
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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l&lGgram from Seove arv of Stat& to Und&v 8%GT&tary of
n^ate, Pnd, January, IPip
Your private telegrams received Plat Pecenter
ana Is 4 Janv,ary,Pers1a. Government of India will prohatly
reserve definite opinion for a day or two until it is
seen what happens to detachments on Phi ram road. I
understand that they fully accepted the increase of
Consular Guards f though the}! would have preferred
sending no troops at that tine, if personal belief is
that the wisest course is immediate despatch of sufficient
force t 0 ensure safe (?) evacuation of Shiran, and, if,
necessary, other places inland, clearly stating
interl-ion of le '>S,ng until order is restored, after
f irst obtaining understanding vHth Russia that she will
not herself interrene in that area, I should hold both
Bushi-e and Bunder Abbas with strong force for as long
as required. This course would show definite policy of
internal non-interference, and i n ould strengthen our case
as regards interference of mssia in the north, but I
cannot say whether Government of India will recommend
it or how Foreign Office would regard it. You are at
liberty to inform Sir j?. drey privetely of mu view.
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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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- File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie'
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- 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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