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File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul' [‎79v] (163/332)

The record is made up of 1 volume (162 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1913-23 Feb 1915. 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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6. Telegram from His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. c88, dated the 21st November 1913.
7. Telegram from Qis Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 389, dated the 22nd November 1913.
8. Telegram from His Majesty's Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 390, dated the 23rd November 1913.
9. Telegram from His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 391, dated the 23rd November 1913.
10. Telegram from the 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. , Bushire, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 437—1927, dated the 23rd November 1913.
11. Telegram from His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 392, dated the 23rd November 1913.
12. Telegram from His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 393, dated the 23rd November 1913.
Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram, No. 385, dated the 16th (received 17th) November 1918.
From — His Majesty^s Consul, Shiraz (Kazerun),
Britannic Majesty’s Minister, lehran (repeated Bushire, 282r).
Gendarmes occupied whole Shapur valley, 14th instant. Muhammad AH
Khan offered no resistance and will cjuit valley himself to-morrow. Ali
Muhammad, Kumariji outlaw, fought Gendarmes from his fort from 2 p.m.,
14th, till 1 A.M., loth, when he escaped with all his men about 80 in number,
except one killed and two captured. Gendarmes employed mountain guns and
maxim which had little effect on walls of fort. They behaved exceedingly
well, lost one native officer, and four men wounded. Column marches Kumarij
to-day.
Enclosure No. 2.
Telegram P., No. 389, dated (and received) the 17th November 1918.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To—The 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. , Bushire (repeated Shiraz, No., 255).
I was asked to-day by Colonel Hjalmarson, who has been ill for some
time, to give you his assurance that any arrangement arrived at with the
headmen on the Shiraz-Bushire road will be loyally adhered to by him. He
said that, when he saw them last Spring, it was clearly understood by them
that any arrangement which might be come to on the subject of subsidies
would be temporary, being designed to allow time for the villagers to restart
farm work on their land, when order should be restored.

A promise was also given by him that as large a number of them as
possible would be employed as gendarmes or tufangchis. A telegram is
being sent by the Colonel to Uggla to impress this on him, in which he also
said that if, as he heard w'as the case, the payments which had been promised,
had not been made by the Finance Administrations of Shiraz and Bushire,
responsibility could not be laid on the Gendarmerie Administration.
As regards this there is no information in my possession.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram, No. 386, dated the 18th (received 19th) November 1913.
From—His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran (repeated Resident, Bushire, No. 28$).
TJggla visited Konar Takhteh, 17th, and stated terms which he was pre
pared to accord to Khan. Gendarmerie have arrived Konar Takhteh to-day,

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The volume comprises correspondence between: 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. , the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the 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. , regarding the Bushire-Shiraz road.

The subjects are:

  • the proposed tours of the British Consul and other officials to Shiraz and Tehran;
  • the operations of the Persian Gendarmerie (led by Swedish officers) on the Bushire-Shiraz road;
  • the headquarters and schools of the Gendarmerie.

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 (162 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The subject 3280 ('Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road) consists of one volume only, IOR/L/PS/10/404.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; 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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