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'Memorandum of information received during the month of August 1909, relating to affairs in Persia, and on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf' [4v] (8/14)
The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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24th July, instractions were received from
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for troops to
he held in readiness for despatch to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in case of need. The measure
was purely precautionary and no further
action was to be taken without definite orders.
Arrangements were made accordingly.
On the 20th August His Majesty’s
Consul, Kerman, reported that the Kawamis
intended to overrun Kerman, Khorasan and
Yezd. Pour days later Kafsinjan was
hotly attacked by 800 robbers; the situation
was most serious owing to the temper of
the tribes being reckless and two telegraph
employes, Messrs. Wright and James, were in
grave danger, being in the midst of the fight
ing. The former was captured on the 19th
August by Arabs near Kamalabad, one
of his escort being shot, but was released on
the 22nd after being stripped. The brigands
then left the vicinity moving towards Pars.
On receipt of information regarding the
serious situation in Kerman, the Secretary of
State was informed on the 25th August 1909
that a force was ready to move at a moment’s
notice and that instructions were awaited. But
the danger to Kerman passed with the dis
appearance of the robbers and subsequently
comparative quiet was restored. The Secre
tary of State replied that no troops from India
would be required, as they would arrive too
late to prevent a temporary raid of this nature.
2. (Vide paragraph 3 of Memorandum
The Zii-es-Sultan. July 1909.) The
Zil-es-Sultan, m spite
of all the efforts of the British and Bussian
Ambassadors to dissuade him, left Vienna on
bis return journey to Persia on the 30th July
1909. The Constantinople Anjuman tele
graphed to Samsam-es-Sultaneh urging upon
him to frustrate any attempts of the Zil-es-
Sultan to obtain the Begency in the place of
the Azad-el-Mulk. The Bussian Minister
seemed to apprehend that, if the Zil-es-
Sultan returned, the provisional Government
might place him on the throne. He wrote to
Sir G. Barclay to say that; such a selection
“ would make the position of the Bussian
Minister for Poreign Affairs intolerable and
might even jeopardise our accord”. Sir G.
Barclay thought that, though it was not the
most probable development, the selection of the
Zil-es-Sultan could not altogether be excluded.
No sooner, however, had he entered Persian
territory, than he was stopped near Mangel by
the Persian Government and subsequently
taken in custody to Besht. His sons appealed
to the British Minister to obtain his release,
but Sir G. Barclay refused to intervene. A
direct appeal was then made to His Majesty’s
Government, and telegraphing on the 10th of
August on behalf of his father, the Zil,
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The file consists of a memorandum written by Leonard William Reynolds, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, at Simla, 1 September 1909.
Based upon a series of reports it covers: the situation in Persia - Azerbaijan, Shiraz, and Kerman; the Zil-es-Sultan; telegraph lines in Persia; the Russian Bank and Russian Consular Staff in Seistan; the proposed establishment of a customs Bureau at Birjand; the Russian Military Attaché in Seistan; the seizure of a Maskat [Muscat] dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by the Italian authorities on the Benadir coast; the opening of a dispensary at Matrah by the American Mission at Maskat; Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain; Nejd affairs; an attempt by Turkish authorities to register the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] as a Turkish subject; and the murder of certain subjects of the Chief of Abu Thabi by residents of Taona.
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- 1 file (7 folios)
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This file consists of a single memorandum, and includes a table of contents (f 2).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the outside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; 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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- 'Memorandum of information received during the month of August 1909, relating to affairs in Persia, and on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf'
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- 1r:7v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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